The Atrocities of the Pirates: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Atrocities of the Pirates, credited to Aaron Smith, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Atrocities of the Pirates, by Aaron Smith. Read by James K. White. In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England. Forced to work as a navigator and as a member of pirate boarding parties, he witnessed unspeakable acts of murder and torture. Befriended by a young Cuban woman, he managed to escape with his life, but was arrested as a pirate in Havana and sent back to England in chains. There, he found himself on trial for his life at the Old Bailey courthouse—with the attorney general himself leading the prosecution. Smith's dramatic account of his personal experience is a brutally honest, unromanticized [sic] look at piracy in the 19th century. (Summary by Google Books)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Atrocities of the Pirates
• Author credits: Aaron Smith
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 3:37:30

Catalogue topics

• pirates
• Jamaica
• Cuba
• England
• Caribbean

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 7:12
2. 01 - (part 1) Narrative etc., etc. — 35:00
3. 02 - A Narrative, etc., etc. — 27:28
4. 03 - A Narrative, etc., etc. — 32:57
5. 04 - A Narrative, etc., etc. — 29:00
6. 05 - A Narrative, etc., etc. — 27:47
7. 06 - A Narrative, etc., etc. — 33:35
8. 07 - A Narrative, etc., etc. — 24:33

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