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The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd (Hardcover)

by Richard Zacks (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Review (3 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0755311310
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755311316
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 728,224 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Blood and thunder on the high seas of the 17th century. Captain William Kidd was in fact a 'privateer' not a pirate - employed by King William III to undertake a semi-legal secret mission to track down pirates and recover their spoils (keeping their booty for himself and his high-born investors, naturally). As a counterpoint to this, Richard Zacks fascinatingly details the forgotten story of Kidd's great rival, Robert Culliford, a ruthless buccaneer who flew a blood-red flag which signified 'no mercy' and whose surgeon was named Jon Death. Kidd's and Culliford's paths were to cross again and again during the course of their lives, but in a tale of double-crossing, betrayal and political scandal, the outcome was surprising. Zacks brings a colourful period of history to vivid life.


Time Magazine

An enthralling new biography ... Captain Kidd practically swaggers off the pages of this rich, riotous bio
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive Kidd?, 25 May 2007
By gronow (Worcester) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd (Hardcover)
The first thing to be said about this book is that it is very, very readable. It was a surprise to me that there was so much information about Wm. Kidd to me he was a pirate pure and simple, this book gives the impression that he became a pirate almost by accident, I'm not so sure. He comes across as ambitious, over confident and strangely niaive. He must have been a charismatic leader with a powerful personality and also a very competent seaman.
He was severely let down by his backers and why he didn't cut and run when he had the chance is a mystery. He certainly committed one severe act of piracy and possibly minor ones. Others who did the same or worse managed to get away with it, perhaps not many but Kidd may have done so had he played his cards differently and been less cocksure.
Having read this I then read some other accounts of the same episodes and I think that the author paints a too sympathetic picture of Kidd. But the depth of his research would make it presumptious to differ too strongly with his conclusions. There is much information about Kidd's contempories and the conditions of the time and what the author has surmised appears fair enough!
If there is little if any swash and buckle in this tale it is none the worse for that - it is still a "rattling good yarn" and excellently told. I trust Mr. Zacks will not rest on his pen. And my remark about "so much information" should not ignore the profundity of his research and the three years spent acquiring it. (Until you find the pearl opening oyster after oyster can be somewhat boring.)
Good book give it a whirl.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating read, 5 Oct 2006
By M. Belcher (Lund, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pirate Hunter the True Story of Captain Kidd (Thorndike Adventure) (Hardcover)
I brought this on the off chance for a quick read up on pirates and this was exactly what I wanted and more. The book is very well written and resulted in some late nights, as I just had to finish "one more chapter." Its a good mixture of captivating read and lots of facts and historical data. Whilst it focuses on just one pirate (Cpt Kidd) it brings in lots of contempories and historical context.

An ideal book to gem up on a few pirate facts and stories. Perfect for impressing one's children with!
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