Review – Under the Black Flag

One of my pirate research books, this one was a very informative read that answered several questions I had about the daily lives of pirates, most of them mundane questions like “what did Golden Age pirates do when they WEREN’T plundering ships?” It doesn’t provide as much of a historical context as The Pirate World does, but at the same time, manages to provide a bit of a deeper dive into some of the non-white, non-male pirates only briefly mentioned in the other book.

So, this one was v...