Admiral Sir Henry Morgan King Of The Buccaneers

The Henry Morgan of legend and song portrays him as a brutal and sadistic criminal, who indiscriminately pillaged and sacked ships that stood between him and greater glory. The facts are often obscured by a seventeenth-century book on buccaneers that not only served as source material for later biographies, but was also the subject of the first recorded successful libel suit--in 1684, brought by Morgan himself. Admiral Sir Henry Morgan organized and led a dozen successful campaigns against the greatest military power in the world, Spain, in service to the British Crown. This biography covers Morgan's life as a superb military tactician and strategist, debunking the myth of his overzealous cruelty. For his leadership in battle and as lieutenant governor of Jamaica, Admiral Sir Henry Morgan deserves to take his place alongside Sir Francis Drake and the Duke of Wellington in the panoply of history's greatest heroesBreverton, Terry is the author of 'Admiral Sir Henry Morgan King Of The Buccaneers', published 2005 under ISBN 9781589802773 and ISBN 1589802772.