British Pirates in Print and Performance (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)

by Frederick Burwick (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2015

  $125.07

  Fictional or real, pirates haunted the imagination of the 18th and 19th century-British public during this great period of maritime commerce, exploration, and naval conflict. British Pirates in Print and Performanc e explores representations of pirates through dozens of stage performances, including adaptations by Byron, Scott, and Cooper.