Maritime History & Piracy

The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the Titanic disaster was in the twentieth. Nathaniel Philbrick now re...

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The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat, yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed th...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a cou...

From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris ...

Based On Years Of Original Research And New Reporting, Two Acclaimed Authors Deliver The Riveting And Emotionally Wrenching Full Story Of The Worst Sea Disa...

When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt, with its economy and dignity under attack. Pirates from North Africa’s Barbary...

Based On Years Of Original Research And New Reporting, Two Acclaimed Authors Deliver The Riveting And Emotionally Wrenching Full Story Of The Worst Sea Disa...

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