PIRATES - PREDATORS OF THE SEAS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY

Book ID/图书代码： 12311714B76111

English Summary/英文概要： Pirates have captivated our imaginations for generations, and the popularity of the recent Pirates of the Caribbean films has planted them even more firmly in our minds. But what were pirates really like? Author Robert Ritchie guides us on a tour of piracy from ancient times through the present, and dispels the false image of pirates created by adventure stories and Hollywood. The truth is, unbelievably, even more intriguing than the fiction. Pirates were usually men (and sometimes women!) who turned to piracy in desperation—to avoid starvation or to save their own lives. They were from countries across the globe, from every social class, and of every race. Their average age was only twenty seven. In this lavishly illustrated book, you will see pirates’ brutal lives and bloody deaths, get a peek at their ships and the lives of their crews, and meet some of history’s most famous and infamous buccaneers. You’ll finally learn the truth about the way they lived and died. Full of color and history and danger, this book is as fun as a Johnny Depp movie—but it’s all true!

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 海盗迷惑了我们几代人的想象，最近电影加勒比海盗的风行更加牢牢的种植在我们的脑海中。但是海盗到底是什么样？作者罗伯特•里奇带领我们进入一场从古到今海盗世界的旅行中，并驱除了冒险故事和好莱坞带给我们的错误的海盗形象。令人难以置信的事实是，他们比小说更加有趣。海盗通常是男性（有时候会是女性），他们在绝望中成为海盗，以躲避饥荒，拯救自己。他们来自全球各个国家，各个社会阶层，各个种族。他们的平均年龄只有27岁。在这本丰富的图书中，你将看到海盗生活之残忍和死亡之血腥，得以一窥水手们的船和他们的生活，目睹史上最臭名昭著的或最不值一文的海盗们。最后，你会了解他们的生与死。全书充满色彩、历史和惊险，就如约翰尼•德普的电影一般,只不过——这全都是真实的！(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：精彩的海盗历史介绍，充满彩色地图、插图和照片，读之欣喜——休斯顿纪事报

A terrific introduction to the history of piracy....Loaded with full color maps, illustrations, and photographs...a delight to peruse. -- Houston Chronicle

About the Author/作者介绍： 罗杰•基恩从事写作多年，不过四年前才作为作者才开始出版小说。基于维多利亚晚期冒险，他已写了五部动作故事，同时作为电子书和纸质出版。他也写同性恋小说，第一部，即FELIXITATIONS 成为好读网2012年7月好书之一。第二部，THUNDERBOLT-TORN ENEMY OF ROME描写的是第二次布匿战争时期的一个喧嚣的故事，获得了极度赞美的书评，其中一位写到：“Thunderbolt-Torn Enemy of Rome是我读过的最棒的历史题材浪漫小说，里面有最真实的历史和最真挚的爱恋。

他的第三本同性恋主题小说， A LIFE APART，设在维多利亚晚期发生于苏丹的救世主之战，是2013年3月度好读网好书之一。作家格里•伯尼赞称：“华丽的作品，振奋人心的曲折情节，完美的史诗。”

节衣缩食的度过弘赛艺术学院绘画课程之后，基恩进入了伦敦电影学校，在那里他开始了剧本创作和全本小说创作的初次尝试。他为BBC编辑电影资料长达八年，之后又做了全职记者。在二十世纪八十年代，作为杂志Newsfield的联合创始人，他为Spectrum家用电脑创办并主编了畅销杂志CRASH，之后又为Commodore 64主编ZZAP!64。以后，基恩编写了一些历史参考书目，包括受到好评的THE COMPLETE CHRONICLE OF THE EMPERORS OF ROME。现在，他的时间用来为想像中的人物创造剧本。基恩和他的搭档住在英格兰什罗普郡的卢德洛镇。

Roger Kean (also Roger M. Kean) has been writing for many years, but only in the past four as an author of published fiction. He has written five action tales based on a core of late-Victorian adventures, available as eBooks and in print. He also writes gay fiction, the first, FELIXITATIONS was one of the Books of the Month at Goodreads.com in July 2012. His second, a rip-roaring tale set during the Second Punic War and called "THUNDERBOLT - TORN ENEMY OF ROME" received some rave reviews, one of which ended: "Thunderbolt - Torn Enemy of Rome is the best historical romance I have ever read. It has the most real history and the most real love."

The third of his gay-themed novels, A LIFE APART, set during the religious war of the Mahdi in the Sudan during the late Victorian period, was a Book of the Month at Goodreads.com in March 2013. Author Gerry Burnie called it, "Superb writing, refreshing break-through plot, and bang-on history."

Having spent a stint at Hornsey College of Art studying painting, Kean attended the London Film School, where he began writing film scripts and his first attempts at full-scale novels. For eight years he edited film documentaries for the BBC before moving into full-time journalism. In the 1980s, as co-founder of magazine publisher Newsfield, he created and edited the best-selling CRASH magazine for the Spectrum home computer and then ZZAP!64 for the Commodore 64. Since then, Kean has authored several history reference titles, including the well-reviewed THE COMPLETE CHRONICLE OF THE EMPERORS OF ROME. Now he spends his time inventing new scenarios to populate with characters from the imagination. Kean lives with his partner in the medieval town of Ludlow, Shropshire, England.

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