A compelling account of history's most famous pirate. The Pirate King is the compelling true story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy.
This book includes a look at his early years as a musician, teacher, and humorist, and it examines the crucial role that his wife, Blythe Brown, plays in his life and work.
At 2250 hrs Flight Sergeants Cole and Bailey with Pilot Officer Feldman roared into the night sky from Newchurch on an anti-Diver patrol. Climbing to 9,000 feet, they were informed of a flying bomb by Beachy Head Control coming in at ...
The clear objective of Foulkes' plan was to attack and destroy the enemy north of the Leopold Canal right up to the south shore of the Scheldt Estuary. This would silence the German guns that covered the approaches to the Scheldt, ...
Using operational reports and vivid first-hand eyewitness testimony, he takes the reader alongside 21 Army Group as it cleared the Channel ports of Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk, then moved on to attack the Scheldt and the island stronghold ...
This is the story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy.
In this book the author takes the reader through the day by day battle. Accounts from some of those who survived the buzz bomb attacks bring the story to life as people tell about their fears and experiences.
Several witnesses testified that Glasby was a prisoner and that he had tried on many occasions to stop the actions of the pirates becoming too excessive. Joseph Wingfield, another prisoner with Glasby, said the sailing master was 'civil ...
Dennis 'Hurricane' David asked Craig Cabell (MOD Focus magazine) in June 2001, when discussing a photograph of his younger self: “Do you see the sadness in my eyes? That is a young man who had witnessed too much death for his age.
In 1944, the Germans launched more than 10,000 flying bombs at Britain. This book takes the reader through the day by day battle, not just with the pilots but also the Anti-Aircraft gunners who were blasting away at the flying bombs.
Dan Brown is already one of the bestselling authors that the world has ever seen.Due to the success of his gripping novels Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol, he has become a ...
He was equally successful as a privateer and pirate-hunter in an age when brutality and ruthlessness were the law of the sea.
Using operational reports and vivid firsthand eyewitness testimony, he takes the reader alongside 21 Army Group as it cleared the Channel ports of Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk, then moved on to attack the Scheldt and the island stronghold ...
* Graphic account of the battle for the Scheldt, Walcheren and Antwerp in 1944 * Focuses on the Allied attack on the German stronghold of Walcheren * Detailed description of the advance of 21 Army Group across France and Belgium * The first ...
The execution of Captain William Kidd on 23 May 1701 is one of the most controversial and revealing episodes in the long history of piracy.