Project Gutenberg 2011-11-12 Public domain in the USA. 163 Defoe, Daniel 1731 Defo, Daniel John, Gabriel Moreton, Andrew Defoë, Daniel The King of Pirates Being an Account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain Avery, the Mock King of Madagascar Reading ease score: 20.4 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. Produced by Jens Sadowski (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The King of Pirates" by Daniel Defoe is a historical adventure narrative likely written in the early 18th century. The text recounts the exploits of Captain Avery, a notorious figure in piracy, presenting his own account of events to challenge the "ridiculous and extravagant" stories that have circulated about him. The narrative purports to offer a more authentic portrayal of his escapades, including details about his adventures at sea, encounters with other pirates, and his life on Madagascar. The opening of the book introduces the purpose of the narrative, which is centered around Captain Avery's attempts to set the record straight regarding sensationalized and false accounts of his life. Avery begins by dismissing the absurd tales that have been published about him, such as marrying the Mughal princess or achieving grand riches, and aims to provide a genuine recounting, starting from his early experiences at sea. He outlines his journey from a logwood cutter to becoming a pirate, detailing his adventures and his ambitions for wealth and success in the harsh and treacherous life of piracy. The initial chapters establish both Avery's character and the perilous, often violent world of the pirates, setting the stage for the epic tales that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37992/37992-h/images/title.jpg en Sea stories Picaresque literature Adventure stories Pirates -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 196057 196219 2024-10-16T06:17:49.244025 2023-09-16T12:22:06.177055 text/html text/html 195145 2011-11-12T12:38:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 248575 2011-11-12T12:42:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 257747 2024-10-16T06:17:52.505057 application/epub+zip 259333 2024-10-16T06:17:49.849021 application/epub+zip 119375 2024-10-16T06:17:49.544039 application/epub+zip 327986 2024-10-16T06:17:54.713000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309108 2024-10-16T06:17:52.201073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170875 2022-09-17T11:11:38.014290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 177121 177017 2024-10-16T06:17:48.856087 2023-09-16T12:22:05.835061 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 177139 2011-11-12T12:41:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65289 2011-11-12T12:42:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20588 2024-10-16T06:17:54.840008 application/rdf+xml 20066 2024-10-16T06:17:49.610022 image/jpeg 3045 2024-10-16T06:17:49.577072 image/jpeg 250708 2024-10-16T06:17:49.279054 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Johnson, Charles