Blackbeard: The Birth of America | 
pickHaving read a number of books about piracy (thanks to #readingtheAmericas) I have a decent grasp of its history. This is a fictional account of Blackbeard‘s life that follows closely to how he is viewed by modern historians. He was a bombastic pirate who chose to scare the bejeezus out of people to get them to surrender, which worked marvelously. Supposedly he never killed a soul until he was in a battle against the British come to arrest him.⬇️
Texreader He made his base in #Jamaica for most of his pirate years. While told from Blackbeard‘s perspective it sometimes is told by Caesar, a slave freed by Blackbeard. It‘s a good and faithful story from what we know from history. And it‘s mostly well-written. But it‘s long and can just drag in places. There are long passages and sometimes whole chapters in which all we read about is what is in a character‘s mind. And then, those parts are often ⬇️ 6mo
Texreader repetitive. An example: We know Lieutenant Governor Spotswood hated Blackbeard, wanting him captured. I‘m not sure why we were beat over the head with this fact repeatedly. The chapters told from Spotswood‘s perspective are the least compelling. Sadly, for such a good book so well written, the fact that it is such a long slog for this reason, it‘s a low pick. #foodandlit 6mo
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