Chronicles the life of the notorious pirate Blackbeard, describing his many sea voyages and battles, encounters with other pirates, reign of terror in the Caribbean, and other related topics.
While serving as a British Fencible to maintain the peace in eighteenth-century Ireland, Anson finds that his sympathy for a hedge master, a teacher devoted to teaching Irish children their forbidden language and culture, places him in conflict with the law of King George II.
being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751 ---
Stevenson, Robert Louis
1994
After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.