Comic Book Superhero Store - Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 972 EAN: 9780307236616 ISBN: 0307236617 Label: Three Rivers Press Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: 2008-04-22 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Release Date: 2008-04-22 Studio: Three Rivers Press
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Editorial Reviews: A May 2007 Book Sense Pick “Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean will sate even fickle Jack Sparrow fans. . . . A pleasure to read from bow to stern.” —Entertainment Weekly The passion and violence of the age of exploration and empire come to vivid life in this story of the legendary pirate who took on the greatest military power on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades. Awash with bloody battles, political intrigues, natural disaster, and a cast of characters more compelling, bizarre, and memorable than any found in a Hollywood swashbuckler, Empire of Blue Water brilliantly re-creates the life and times of Henry Morgan and the real pirates of the Caribbean.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The back-story of Captain Jack Sparrow Comment: Popularized history reads like the back-story of Captain Jack Sparrow. No pretension of serious scholarship leaves Talty free to create a composite character "Roderick" to represent a typical pirate (technically privateer) in telling the story of how Henry Morgan, under commissions from England, gathered his ragtag army and terrorized the Spanish Main from Port Royal, Jamaica. Talty does footnote his account, but most of his sources are second-hand. Still the reader is impressed with Morgan's leadership and the important historical role the pirates played in shaping the history of South and Central Americas, and the still a-borning little political experiment shaping up on the eastern coast of the continent just to the north. Plus its just plain fun and as compelling as any fictional pirate story. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Book Comment: Absolute page turner. It provided great detail on not only the life of Henry Mrogan but many sub plots as well. Customer Rating: Summary: Review of Empire of Blue Water. Comment: This book is the story of a criminal. Infamous Henry Morgan and his bunch of criminals attacked, sacked, murdered and raped in my hometown of Maracaibo in the 17th century. Although this was a long time ago at it's moment it was the equivalent of 9/11 for the town. It was a traitorous, unprovoked attack on a peaceful city. Same thing happened to other Spanish American cities such as Panama. It is interesting to read that he was later an admired citizen of Jamaica. As don Quixotte said, " You will see things Sancho!". The book is interesting reading such as one would read about Hitler's story. Customer Rating: Summary: Worth your time! Comment: My review is simple and to the point. While at the airport without a book to read, and facing a long delay, I picked Empire of Blue Water up and thought "what the hell..." and bought it. I was engaged from the first until the last page. It is an outstanding to unbelievable account of Captain Henry Morgan. How this has not been made a movie yet, I do not know. I have read many books on leadership, the Shackelton's etc., and the fact that Morgan led such an "army" and was so successful (relative if pillaging and robbing can be described as successful) and actually survived to an fairly old age is astonishing. You don't have to be a fan of Pirates, Buccaneers, etc., to enjoy it. I found myself wanting to visit the city under the sea after reading this book. Customer Rating: Summary: A Pirate's Life for Me? Comment: A good book on the history of piracy in the Caribbean. The book focuses on the life of Capt. Morgan, a pirate / privateer / colonial official, who undertook some daring missions on behalf of England against Spain. The book really centers on Morgan, and then at the end focuses a bit on the devastating earthquake that Jamaica soon after his death. I think the author could have spent more time on the earthquake than the final few pages. It was like he hinted at the coming devastation throughout the book then did not spend that much time on the subject of the natural disaster. Just a slight critique. Overall a fun and fast read. Joseph Valentine Dworak More Reviews

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