title: The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives Of The Most Celebrated Sea Robbers
author: Charles Ellms
description: Charles Ellms originally published this book in 1837 for the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts. This book has long been considered a hard-to-find rarity of Piratology. The death of Black Beard as well as the piratical exploits of Jean Lafitte, Robert (William) Kidd, Edward Low, Thomas White, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and scores of other Pirates. David W. Whitehead is the founder of CryptoQuest, an organization dedicated to the study of all things "hidden" (Fortean phenomena, the paranormal, lost civilizations, cryptozoology, etc.) He has personally led expeditions into Florida swamps and Islands to search for buried treasure and archaeological mysteries. He majored in Archaeology, studied Cryptozoology and is one of the world's first Cryptoarchaeologists. He has investigated the hidden secrets of the swamps and rivers of Florida, the jungles of Central America, deserts and tunnels of Peru and the crypts and castles of Europe.
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  > > PLUNDER BY KNIGHT
  
  > > A PIRATES OF BRITANNIA WORLD NOVEL
  
  > > MIA PRIDE
  
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  To all my readers who encourage me every day to get up and keep doing this
  crazy thing over and over again! I couldn’t do it without your support and
  encouragement. Thank you!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  > ABOUT THE BOOK
  
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   Torn between duty and dreams...
  
  
  
   Born of Irish pirates but raised to be an English Knight, Thomas Esmonde is a
  man stuck between two opposing worlds. His lingering Irish accent never
  afforded him many friends at the English court, nor has he ever wished to
  conform to their overbearing rules and stuffy societal expectations.
  Reoccurring dreams of ancient treasure and a yearning for life on the high sea
  are at odds with his hard-earned honor and knightly duties.
  
  
  
   But when he is sent to Ireland to aid the English cause, he is immediately
  thrust into his previous life as his ship is captured by the infamous Pirate
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