PATRIOT PIRATES(ISBN=9780307390554) 英文原版
“Entertaining and enlightening. . . . [Patton] has dug deep intoRevolutionary War-era records and writes with verve.”– The Washington Post Book World “The British had always accused usof being pirates and thieves. Robert Patton’s fascinating accountof privateering during the American Revolution nicely proves theirpoint.”–Winston Groom“Wonderfully told.” – The HartfordCourant “Intriguing. . . . Lively and instructive. . . . Patriot Pirates is not ‘revisionist’ or ‘alternative’history. What it offers is neglected history, the study of acrucial theater of the Revolution that has been overlooked, perhapsbecause it lacks the mythic cutouts we like to champion on theFourth of July.”– The Washington Times “Having, as anEnglishman, been brought up on Hornblower and Nelson, I wasfascinated to read Robert Patton’s Patriot Pirates and todiscover what I never knew about the American Hornblowers–theprivateers of the Revolutionary War and their extraordinaryadventures. For all t
¥48.70
