Blackbeard and the Pirates of the Atlantic

Blackbeard and the Pirates of the Atlantic follows the extraordinary rise and violent fall of Edward Teach, the man who became Blackbeard—the most feared pirate of the Golden Age. From his beginnings in the brutal world of privateering to the capture of the Queen Anne's Revenge, the blockade of Charleston, and the final battle at Ocracoke, this book explores the real events behind the legend. It reveals how Blackbeard used fear, strategy, political corruption, and the Atlantic's dangerous trade routes to become the enduring face of piracy.