Content:
Essay: A gallery of rogues who made war on the world
Chapter 1 A Golden Age for daring sea rovers
Essay: The ships: predators, prey and protectors
Chapter 2 Followers of a brutal calling
Chapter 3 A pirate path to the fabled Orient
Essay: Dazzling treasures of the Peacock Throne
Chapter 4 The fateful cruise of the "Adventure Galley"
Essay: A brawling lair for a lawless breed
Chapter 5 The terrible Teach and his nemesis
Chapter 6 The last and most lethal of the captains
Essay: The scavenging sharks of an inglorious later day