6 best-selling historical books like Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy by Frank Sherry

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Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

By: Frank Sherry

4.21

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Clears up misconceptions about pirates, looks at piracy betweem 1692 and 1725, and tells the storie…

If you liked the historical plot in Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy by Frank Sherry , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Mornings on Horseback

By: David McCullough

4.09

Format: 445 pages, Paperback

Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique… read more

Similar categories in David McCullough's Mornings on Horseback book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live."

-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback

"A man who will steal for me will steal from me." Theodore Roosevelt, dismissing on the spot one of his best cowhands who was about to claim for his boss an unmarked animal."

-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback

"To his own children he was at once the ultimate voice of authority and, when time allowed, their most exuberant companion. He never fired their imaginations or made them laugh as their mother could, …"

-David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback

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2. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Roberts's Napoleon: A Life book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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3. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

By: Jon Lee Anderson

3.73

Format: None pages,

From the back of the book: "Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the defi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Lee Anderson's Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

By: Marcus Rediker

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

Villains of All Nationsexplores the 'Golden Age' of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous ge… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Rediker's Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

  • history
  • maritime
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
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5. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

By: Colin Woodard

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more

Similar categories in Colin Woodard's The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

  • history
  • adventure
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
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6. Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , N.C. Wyeth

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From … read more

Similar categories in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

  • pirates
  • adventure
"Doctors is all swabs."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"Thems that die'll be the lucky ones."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"... Bear up until you see you're gaining."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"We must go on, because we can't turn back."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

7. Shadow Divers

By: Robert Kurson

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which t… read more

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8. Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)

By: Jim Butcher

4.07

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable… read more

Similar categories in Jim Butcher's Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

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9. Winter’s Orbit

By: Everina Maxwell

3.99

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Ancillary Justice meets Red, White & Royal Blue in Everina Maxwell's exciting debut. While the I… read more

Similar categories in Everina Maxwell's Winter’s Orbit book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

"Jainan,"

-Everina Maxwell, Winter’s Orbit

"Some things feel the same no matter how much time passes."

-Everina Maxwell, Winter’s Orbit

"Bears often hoard rose petals to strew on hiking couples. Little-known romantic fact."

-Everina Maxwell, Winter’s Orbit

"His eyes reflected the light from the hall; behind him, beyond the void, the stars burned in the enduring points; far beyond them, a telescope could have seen the maelstrom of the link, and a million…"

-Everina Maxwell, Winter’s Orbit

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10. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race by Nicole Perlroth

11. This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

By: Nicole Perlroth

4.34

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From The New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth, the untold story of the cyberweapon… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Perlroth's This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Finding a zero day is a little like entering God mode in a video game. Once hackers have figured out the commands or written the code to exploit it, they can scamper through the world's computer netw…"

-Nicole Perlroth, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

Cover of Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy by Frank Sherry

12. Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

By: Frank Sherry

4.21

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Clears up misconceptions about pirates, looks at piracy betweem 1692 and 1725, and tells the storie… read more

Similar categories in Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy book and Frank Sherry's Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

  • history
  • true crime
  • adventure
  • maritime
  • historical
  • pirates
  • nonfiction
  • crime

8 must-read history books like Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy by Frank Sherry

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4.09

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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Jon Lee Anderson

3.73

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Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

Marcus Rediker

3.70

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Spam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime — from Global Epidemic to Your Front Door

Brian Krebs

3.75

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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

Kim Zetter

4.17

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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

Kevin D. Mitnick , William L. Simon , Steve Wozniak

4.12

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Chris Miller

4.44

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