The King of Pirates
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| Author | Daniel Defoe |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | England |
| Genre | Serial novel |
| Published | 1719 |
| Publisher | W. Taylor |
| Pages | |
| OCLC | 959828826 |
The King of Pirates is a fictional adventure by Daniel Defoe.[1] It is one of the author's more obscure fictional books based on Henry Avery, an infamous pirate of his time.[2][3][4] The King of the Pirates was the basis for Daniel Defoe's later book Captain Singleton.[5]
Plot summary
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Reception
Although The King of Pirates is thought to be an autobiography of Henry Avery, many historians view the book as an embellished and highly romanticised version of his life.[6][3][7][8][9][10][11]
References
- ↑ Joshua Grasso. "The Providence of Pirates: Defoe and the "True-Bred Merchant"" (PDF). English.illinoisstate.edu. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ↑ Hogan, Michael (28 November 2014). "The 10 best pirates". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barringer, Sarah. "Enemies of Mankind: The Image of Pirates in 18th-Century England" (PDF). www.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ↑ Borowitz, Albert (10 June 2019). Blood & Ink: An International Guide to Fact-based Crime Literature. Kent State University Press. ISBN 9780873386937 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Breverton, Terry (15 December 2018). A Gross of Pirates: From Alfhild the Shield Maiden to Afweyne the Big Mouth. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445682938 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Lane, Kris E. (10 June 1999). Blood and Silver: A History of Piracy in the Caribbean and Central America. Signal Books. ISBN 9781902669014 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Rawsthorn, Alice (1 May 2011). "Skull and Crossbones as Branding Tool" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Singleton, Or, There and Back Again: The (Mono)myth of a Pirate". ResearchGate.
- ↑ Parker, Martin. "Pirates, Merchants and Anarchists: Representations of International Business" (PDF). lra.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ↑ Chevalier, Noel. "Treasures of the Imagination: Rethinking Pirate Booty in PirateNarratives" (PDF). www.erudit.org. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ↑ Defoe, Daniel (11 May 2012). A General History of the Pyrates. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486131948 – via Google Books. Search this book on
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