The year is 1717. It is a bad time to be the captain of a ship in the Caribbean because of pirates. The most frightening pirate in the sea is Edwart Teach, or 'Blackbeard'. 'The Governor of Virginia wants us all dead!' Blackbeard thinks. ' But xan he kill me-the most famous pirate in the Caribbean? No! This is his story!!
The men and the women in this book - William Tell, Tom Blood, Lord Bao, King Matthias, Johnny Appleseed, and Lady Godiva - are all real people from history.