Discover the history behind everyone's favourite villain, from the golden age of piracy to the present. Pirates, those desperate men and (some notorious women) who sought fame and fortune, often led short but exciting lives laced with rum and debauchery...

Here, Peter Moore sets out to explore the different lives of this remarkable ship - from the acorn that grew into the oak that made her, to her rich and complex legacy.

'Fascinating and richly detailed...

Pirates and Privateers tells the fascinating story of the buccaneers who were the scourge of merchants in the 18th Century.