Admiral Sir Henry Morgan: King of the Buccaneers - Softcover

Breverton, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589802772 ISBN 13: 9781589802773

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

The swashbuckling biography of the naval officer known as the Sword of England. Welshman Henry Morgan has come to be portrayed as a black-hearted, fierce pirate. This error in terms and in the assessment of Morgan�s character led to the filing of the first libel lawsuit, brought in protest to a book published in 1684 claiming he had been an indentured servant, was a pirate, and was responsible for atrocities. In fact, Morgan was commissioned to aid the British navy in fighting enemies of the throne and was a superb military tactician who led a dozen victorious campaigns against massive odds.

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From the Back Cover:

The Henry Morgan of legend and song portrays him as a brutal and sadistic criminal, who indiscriminately pillaged and sacked ships that stood between him and greater glory. The facts are often obscured by a seventeenth-century book on buccaneers that not only served as source material for later biographies, but was also the subject of the first recorded successful libel suit--in 1684, brought by Morgan himself.
Admiral Sir Henry Morgan organized and led a dozen successful campaigns against the greatest military power in the world, Spain, in service to the British Crown. This biography covers Morgan's life as a superb military tactician and strategist, debunking the myth of his overzealous cruelty. For his leadership in battle and as lieutenant governor of Jamaica, Admiral Sir Henry Morgan deserves to take his place alongside Sir Francis Drake and the Duke of Wellington in the panoply of history's greatest heroes

About the Author:

Terry Breverton is an expert on pirates and Welsh history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1589802772
• ISBN 13: 9781589802773
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128