A collection of true stories of piracy, from the first pirates of the Ancient World to the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Contains true life stories of hardship and brutality, bringing to life the flamboyant characters of the most famous captains and the men who set out to capture them. Reveals the contents of the "pirate rule book" and the remarkable stories of the victims of pirates; gripping and engaging for readers who prefer real life to fiction. New edition of ISBN 9780746089743 and part of the Usborne True Stories series, which also includes True Stories from the first and second World Wars, True Stories of Heroes, True Stories of Pirates, and lots more.