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| Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign |  | Author: Stephan Talty
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Seller: valley_of_the_sun_books
Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 345,776
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0307236617
Dewey Decimal Number: 972
EAN: 9780307236616
ASIN: 0307236617
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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A May 2007 Book Sense Pick
“Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean will sate even fickle Jack Sparrow fans. . . . A pleasure to read from bow to stern.”
—Entertainment Weekly
The passion and violence of the age of exploration and empire come to vivid life in this story of the legendary pirate who took on the greatest military power on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades. Awash with bloody battles, political intrigues, natural disaster, and a cast of characters more compelling, bizarre, and memorable than any found in a Hollywood swashbuckler, Empire of Blue Water brilliantly re-creates the life and times of Henry Morgan and the real pirates of the Caribbean.
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 From the Abyss to the Abyss - Talty's Futile Story of Port Royal and Henry Morgan February 28, 2010
Dave White (Gonzales, Louisiana)
I was disappointed in this book as a historical swashbuckling tale of the life of the ledgendary Pirate / Privateer Henry Morgan. Stephan Talty's narrative style and lack of creative prose failed to capture my imagination and lead me through a forgotten time. While his depiction of Morgan as an inspirational leader and lifelong loyalist to the Crown was a fair portrait of the man, the book really lacked rviting detail of any significance in it depictions of the successful Morgan raids. The most noteworthy information provided in his writings was the converson factor of the "Booty" collected from "each and every raid" to present day dollars - NOT. Information on the earthquake that destroyed Port Royal and turned the town in to a relic of the past was informative and interesting.....Sadly for Talty nothing quite as tramtic as an earthquake would be needed to spurn his work in to the forgotten abyss that now covers Port Royal....Talty's own hand accomplishes that all by himself.
Great for a ten year old February 3, 2010
Miran Ali (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
I thought this was a wonderful book, for a ten year old kid that is. It's light, superficial and trendy style is just the thing to get a kid off of his Nintendo and to reading. It does have various cool allusions to the modern age, such as Morgan sailing off on one of this expeditions is similar to a voyage to the dark side of the moon; another one I loved compared the relations between England and Spain to that of the US and Russia during the 'shooting period of the Cold War', I'll let you work that one out.
I am amazed at the high ratings this has gotten.
 Fantastic Story of Pirates December 21, 2009
Dave Geller
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Stephen Talty was unknown to me before reading this book, but I am glad I gave him a chance. This story of Captain Morgan was written extremely well considering Mr. Talty is not a Phd in History, but sometimes I have noticed that the best history is written by great writers. I am looking forward to reading his Napoleon book next. This book revealed that Pirates were not the evil, greedy and inhumane people portrayed in other books and movies...in fact they had true democracy and considering the time period this man lived, it is amazing.
Empire of Blue Water- good caribbean history/journey October 25, 2009
J Sherbahn (South Carolina)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just finished this book and enjoyed it thoroughly, it is a good mix of history and narritive/fiction which results in a fun learning experience. The book is a bit dry in spots (as is most history) but also very engaging. I picked this up because I have a facination with the Caribbean and it's history and I wanted to learn more...this book was great for that. I wish someone would make a movie based on this...the visuals could be awesome in HD!!
Empire of Blue Water July 20, 2009
Kyle M. Hemmert (Havertown, PA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a pretty good book on a very interesting subject. As the subtitle suggests this is a very bloody history, which makes for a good read (though it can be slow at times).
This book shows how politics fueled the piracy during this time. I found it very interesting how Captain Morgan's four raids on Spanish New World cities helped weaken the dominance of Spain in the Caribbean and help strengthen English holdings (he actually helped create the English New World Empire). Talty did a good job in describing the common pirate's lifestyle as well, using a fictional pirate named Roderick to represent the many nameless members of Morgan's "pirate army" (I thought this was a very original approach).
Although slow at times this book held my interest and I recommend it to anyone interested in the history of piracy or the colonial Caribbean.
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