The Amazons of the Seven Seas.
feline editions| N° d'inventaire | 25511 |
| Format | 15.5 x 23.5 |
| Détails | 216 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782866459635 |
Exceptional women, who broke into the great history of piracy, their lives vividly illustrate some of the highlights of the maritime epic, from the Renaissance to the present day. From the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, from the English Channel to the China Sea, the plundering of these fiery adventurers was as famous as their impetuous love affairs. At the head of their expeditions, they subjugated all who crossed their path, enemies or companions in fortune, because they knew how to use cunning and force, thus arousing respect, anger, and envy. A mixture of attraction and repulsion.
With these saber-cut portraits of maritime adventure, in the suffocating smoke of cannonades, daring boardings, races to the ends of the earth, Gérard A. Jaeger retraces several centuries of flamboyant exploits, adventure in its essential, unreasonable and poetic aspects at the same time.
Exceptional women, who broke into the great history of piracy, their lives vividly illustrate some of the highlights of the maritime epic, from the Renaissance to the present day. From the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, from the English Channel to the China Sea, the plundering of these fiery adventurers was as famous as their impetuous love affairs. At the head of their expeditions, they subjugated all who crossed their path, enemies or companions in fortune, because they knew how to use cunning and force, thus arousing respect, anger, and envy. A mixture of attraction and repulsion.
With these saber-cut portraits of maritime adventure, in the suffocating smoke of cannonades, daring boardings, races to the ends of the earth, Gérard A. Jaeger retraces several centuries of flamboyant exploits, adventure in its essential, unreasonable and poetic aspects at the same time.