Maria’s Reviews > The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down > Status Update

“..the true story of the pirates ... is even more captivating: a long-last tale of tyranny and resistance, a maritime revolt that shook the very foundations of the newly formed British Empire, bringing transatlantic commerce to a standstill and fueling the democratic sentiments that would later drive the American revolution.At its center was a pirate republic, a zone of freedom in the midst of an authoritarian age."