Introduction. 1. Who were the pirates? 2. Raiders of the Welsh coast: South Wales; North Wales; Marisco or William Marsh; Colyn Dolphin; John Callis, Callys or Callice; Thomas Carter; Captain John Paul Jones; 3. The Support of the Gentry: Bardsey Island; Beaumaris; Cardiff; Pembrokeshire; Swansea 4. Raiders of the high seas: Morgan Matthew; Tomos Prys; Welshmen with Sir Francis Drake; Prys Gruffudd; Henry Roberts; Huw Gruffudd; Gregory Jones; Sir Robert Mansell; The Myddletons; Edward Bulkeley; Captain John James; Captain John Bowen; David Williams; Samuel Hopkins; Tom Collins; Paulsgrave or Palgrave Williams; Thomas Davis; Robert Beaver; Captain Morgan, later Sir Henry Morgan; Edward Davis; Abel Owen; A Jennings; Hywel Davis; Black Bart; James Skyrme; Peter Scudamore; William Davis; John Evans; John Phillips; 5. Pirate Miscellany: Captain Morgan's Treasure; Black Bart's son's Bible; Captain Kidd; The lady and the pirate; Hiding and finding pirate treasure; Stealing the pirates' booty; Ghosts; The pirates' bell; French privateers drink from St Eilian's Well; The capture of Captain Edwards; The raid on Aberdyfi; Celebrating the death of a pirate; The pirates of Anglesey; The Alabama; Pirates and the Welsh of Patagonia; 6. Pirates Today Bibliography
Dafydd Meirion is from Y Bala and was raised in Llanrug, Arfon. He now lives in Dyffryn Nantlle, he's been involved in publishing and journalism for many years and has recently published many Welsh language novels and a book on Welsh Cowboys and Outlaws in the Wild West.
Pirates. The very word excites interest. This publication is about Welsh pirates, men who sailed the seas off the Welsh coastline from the early thirteenth century until the eventual decline of the practise sometime during the eighteenth century. We learn that the skull and crossbones flag was designed by a Welsh pirate, Black Bart, and that crews were made up of men from all walks of life, including the landed gentry. The pirates flourished thanks to the protection of some of the most powerful families, and they landed their booty, often in broad daylight, at Welsh ports. The author has researched this subject extensively, the text is well written and easy to assimilate, packed with historical events, making for fascinating reading throughout. Divided into six chapters, such as Who were the pirates?, Raiders of the Welsh Coast, and Raiders of the high seas. In some detail he explains why men resorted to piracy, the reported cruelty, chivalry, the drinking and womanising, plus the ever-present danger associated with their escapades which meant that life as a pirate averaged only three years. This is an excellent publication demanding reading, preferably during a stormy winter evening. The reader may well become inspired enough to seek out those inns identified here and known to have been frequented by these men, or resolve to visit a site where pirate ghosts have been sighted. Experience all this and much more from this great little book. Anthony Roy It is possible to use this review for promotional purposes, but the following acknowledgement should be included: A review from www.gwales.com, with the permission of the Welsh Books Council. Gellir defnyddior adolygiad hwn at bwrpas hybu, ond gofynnir i chi gynnwys y gydnabyddiaeth ganlynol: Adolygiad oddi ar www.gwales.com, trwy ganiatad Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru. -- Welsh Books Council
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