The Romance of Piracy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Romance of Piracy, credited to Edward Keble Chatterton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Romance of Piracy by Edward Keble Chatterton. Read in English by Dan Ficklin; Sonia; A. Bryan Johnson; Devorah Allen; Linda Johnson; Ciufi Galeazzi; Kristine Bekere; Joan Windle; ToddHW; Sarah Lorenowich The Library of Romance is a series of books concerning the romance of scientific facts, be it biology, chemistry, history, or politics. This volume is one of history, concerning an account of the known facts of piracy, starting with the vikings, and arching in history and geography toward an account of piracy in Chinese waters at around the time of publication of this volume (1914). - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Romance of Piracy
• Author credits: Edward Keble Chatterton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 9:44:05

Catalogue topics

• history
• non-fiction
• science
• pirates
• sea
• piracy
• 1914
• nautic

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 01 - The Earliest Pirates — 18:13
2. 02 - The North Sea Pirates — 15:59
3. 03 - Piracy in the Early Tudor Times — 17:12
4. 04 - The Corsairs of the South — 23:24
5. 05 - The Wasps at Work — 14:53
6. 06 - Galleys and Gallantry — 13:18
7. 07 - Piracy in Elizabethan Times — 14:03
8. 08 - Elizabethan Seamen and Turkish Pirates — 21:39
9. 09 - The Stuart Navy Goes forth against the 'Pyrats' — 29:00
10. 10 - The Good Ship 'Exchange' of Bristol — 26:34
11. 11 - A Wonderful Achievement — 22:02
12. 12 - The Great Sir Henry Morgan — 29:18
13. 13 - 'Black Beard' Teach — 19:36
14. 14 - The Story of Captain Kidd — 20:25
15. 15 - The Exploits of Captain Avery — 27:22
16. 16 - A 'Gentleman' of Fortune — 29:45
17. 17 - Paul Jones, Pirate and Privateer — 24:22
18. 18 - A Notorious American Pirate — 13:29
19. 19 - The Last of the Algerine Corsairs — 12:57
20. 20 - Pirates of the Persian Gulf — 21:45
21. 21 - The Story of Aaron Smith — 23:26
22. 22 - Smith and the Pirate Schooner — 19:42
23. 23 - Plot and Counter-Plot — 23:32
24. 24 - Chance and Circumstance — 21:53

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