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"Marcus Rediker knows pirates, and he knows how to
tell a story. Villains of All Nations is a must read; don't wait for the movie!"
-Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
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"Pirates-denounced as the 'common enemy of
all mankind' by weighty authorities in every nation-were heroes to many common
folk in the eighteenth century, and to many more since. They created life
under the flag of death, liberty in a world of despotism, and equality where
hierarchy dwelled. They also made an already savage world more barbarous.
Understanding these conundrums requires placing the Jolly Roger in the context
of history, while respecting its place in the popular imagination. Marcus
Rediker accomplishes both tasks with intelligence, insight, and balance,
attentive both of the lives pirates would live and of the lives they did
live." --Ira Berlin, University Professor, University of
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"Here is the turbulent world turned upside down of
the pirates of the Golden Age in delicious unromantic detail. The chapter on
Anne Bonny and Mary Read is alone worth the price of admission. Rediker's
masterfully researched book is a landmark in history from the bottom up."
--Alfred Young, author of Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson,
Continental Soldier
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