{"product_id":"9780752447278-blackbeard","title":"Blackbeard","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA biography of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward Teach, better known as \u003cem\u003eBlackbeard\u003c\/em\u003e, was one of the most notorious pirates ever to plague the Atlantic coast.\u003c\/strong\u003e He was also one of the most colourful pirates of all time, becoming the model for countless blood-and-thunder tales of sea rovers. His daring exploits, personal courage, terrifying appearance, and fourteen wives made him a legend in his own lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe legends and myths about \u003cem\u003eBlackbeard\u003c\/em\u003e have become wilder rather than tamer in the 250 years since his gory but valiant death at Ocracoke Inlet. It is difficult for historians, and all but impossible for the general reader, to separate fact from fiction. Author Robert E. Lee has studied virtually every scrap of information available about the pirate and his contemporaries in an attempt to find the real \u003cem\u003eBlackbeard\u003c\/em\u003e. The result is a fascinating and authoritative study that reads like an exciting swashbuckler. Lee goes beyond the myths and the image Teach so carefully cultivated to reveal a new \u003cem\u003eBlackbeard\u003c\/em\u003e - infinitely more interesting as a man than as a legend. In the process, he has captured the spirit and character of a vanished age, ‘the golden age of piracy.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450649293174,"sku":"9780752447278","price":7.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31205098.jpg?v=1760453706","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780752447278-blackbeard","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}