Romance of Piracy

Romance of Piracy

LibriVox · Audiobook · 27 episodes

The Library of Romance is a series of books concerning the romance of scientific facts, be it biology, chemistry, history, or politics. This volume is one of history, concerning an account of the known facts of piracy, starting with the Vikings, and arching in history and geography toward an account of piracy in Chinese waters at around the time of publication of this volume (1914). - Summary by Carolin

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Episodes

The Earliest Pirates

Episode 1 · 18:13
The North Sea Pirates

Episode 2 · 15:59
Piracy in the Early Tudor Times

Episode 3 · 17:12
The Corsairs of the South

Episode 4 · 23:24
The Wasps at Work

Episode 5 · 14:53
Galleys and Gallantry

Episode 6 · 13:18
Piracy in Elizabethan Times

Episode 7 · 14:03
Elizabethan Seamen and Turkish Pirates

Episode 8 · 21:39
The Stuart Navy Goes forth against the 'Pyrats'

Episode 9 · 29:00
The Good Ship 'Exchange' of Bristol

Episode 10 · 26:34
A Wonderful Achievement

Episode 11 · 22:02
The Great Sir Henry Morgan

Episode 12 · 29:18
'Black Beard' Teach

Episode 13 · 19:36
The Story of Captain Kidd

Episode 14 · 20:25
The Exploits of Captain Avery

Episode 15 · 27:22
A 'Gentleman' of Fortune

Episode 16 · 29:45
Paul Jones, Pirate and Privateer

Episode 17 · 24:22
A Notorious American Pirate

Episode 18 · 13:29
The Last of the Algerine Corsairs

Episode 19 · 12:57
Pirates of the Persian Gulf

Episode 20 · 21:45
The Story of Aaron Smith

Episode 21 · 23:26
Smith and the Pirate Schooner

Episode 22 · 19:42
Plot and Counter-Plot

Episode 23 · 23:32
Chance and Circumstance

Episode 24 · 21:53
The Cruise of the 'Defensor de Pedro'

Episode 25 · 26:47
The Pirates of Borneo

Episode 26 · 24:13
Cruising among Chinese Pirates

Episode 27 · 29:16