Horrible Histories: Pirates

** IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW EDITION OF , TERRY DEARY REVEALS THE TERRIBLE TRUTH BEHIND THE LOUSY PIRATE LEGENDS AND LIES.

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So forget the brave heroes swinging from masts and the handsome young men sailing the seven seas for this is history at its most horrible!


Readers can: 

* decide who was the baddest of the bunch in the top ten of putrid pirates * discover why the women pirates were just as wicked as the men * learn to talk the patter of a pirate


Plus there are foul facts on the ships they sailed, the punishments they suffered and the rules they lived by. Now the nasty bits are at your fingertips!