
The Pirate Captain Ned Low
His Life and Mysterious Fate
Nicky Nielsen(Author)
Pen & Sword History (Publisher)
Published on 1. August 2022
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-3990-9431-3 (ISBN)
Description
Edward Ned' Low's career in piracy began with a single gunshot. While working on a logging ship in the Bay of Honduras the quick-tempered Ned was provoked by the ship's captain. He responded by grabbing a musket and inciting a mutiny. Then the London-born sailor and a dozen of his crewmates held a council, stitched a black flag and voted to make war against the whole world preying on ships from any nation, flying any flag. Low's name became synonymous with brutality and torture during the 1720s as he cut a swathe of destruction from the shores of Nova Scotia to the Azores, the coast of Africa and throughout the Caribbean. Ned Low's life was one of failed redemption: A thief from childhood who briefly rose in the world, only to fall again lower and harder than before. He was feared even by his own crew, and during his life on the wrong side of the law he became infamous for his extreme violence, fatalistic behaviour, and became perhaps one of the best examples of why pirates were classed in Admiralty Law as hostis humani generis: the common enemies of all mankind.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Barnsley
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
16 Mono
Dimensions
Height: 165 mm
Width: 240 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
532 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3990-9431-3 (9781399094313)
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Person
Dr Nicky Nielsen is a Danish historian and Egyptologist who has written several books and articles about Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, Vikings and British naval history