In this lively biography, Ronald Syme explores the life and career of the controversial Sir Henry Morgan. Part pirate, part patriot, his exploits on the Spanish Main in the 1600's have long roused the interest of historians and lovers of adventure.

Henry Morgan came to the Indies as a very young man and soon saw that the route to fame and riches was buccaneering. With a band of cutthroat sailors, he terrorized the Caribbean, acquiring a fierce reputation, fabulous wealth, and enormous power. But, as Mr. Syme points out, Morgan's buccaneers probably saved Britain's West Indian colonies from Spanish invasion. Called to account at last, Morgan sailed to London for reprimand, but returned with knighthood. Some years later he died peacefully in Port Royal and was buried there.

Both text and the many spirited drawings by William Stobbs convey the dash and vigor of the man who was Sir Henry Morgan. The book also presents a stirring picture of the tumultuous times in which he lived.

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