The Penguin Book of Pirates

“Thrilling. Romantic. Fascinating. And also scary … A picture of pirates as they really were.” —Parade“For those interested in pirates, this book is a must read… . Howe’s detailed account takes the reader way beyond the people and crafts of familiar Dis­neyesque tales. The expression ‘truth is stranger than fiction” definitely applies to piracy.” —Newport This Week

Katherine Howe is a bestselling and award-winning historian and novelist who is a direct descendant of a nineteenth-century sailor who battled pirates on the high seas as well as three women who were tried for witchcraft in Salem. She is the editor of The Penguin Book of Witches; the author of the novels A True Account- Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself and The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, the New York Times bestselling novels The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The House of Velvet and Glass, and the young adult novels Conversion and The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen; and the coauthor with Anderson Cooper of the New York Times bestsellers Vanderbilt- The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty and Astor- The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune. A native Houstonian, she lives and sails with her family in New England.