Barbary Pirate: The Life and Crimes of John Ward, the Most Infamous Privateer of His Time by Greg Bak

Barbary Pirate: The Life and Crimes of John Ward, the Most Infamous Privateer of His Time

Greg Bak

256 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1603 John Ward, a sailor in James VI & I’s navy, led a mass desertion, stole a civilian vessel from Portsmouth, and defected to the Ottoman Empire at Tunis. From there, his unbridled and brutal piracy saw him become the most infamous and fe...

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