{"product_id":"villains-of-all-nations-9780807018873","title":"Villains of All Nations","description":"\u003cb\u003eA must-have hardcover edition of the watershed book on 18th-century pirates and the amazingly democratic and egalitarian communities they created\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Beacon Classics series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVillains of All Nations\u003c\/i\u003e explores the “Golden Age” of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRediker introduces us to the dreaded black flag, the Jolly Roger; swashbuckling figures such as Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard; and the unnamed, unlimbed pirate who was likely Robert Louis Stevenson's model for Long John Silver in \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis history shows from the bottom up how sailors emerged from deadly working conditions on merchant and naval ships, turned pirate, and created a starkly different reality aboard their own ships, electing their officers, dividing their booty equitably, and maintaining a multinational social order. The real lives of this motley crew —which included cross-dressing women, people of color, and the “outcasts of all nations\"—are far more compelling than contemporary myth.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":58207615320451,"sku":"9780807018873","price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780807018873.jpg?v=1780961865","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/villains-of-all-nations-9780807018873","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}