Books by David Cordingly and Complete Book Reviews

David Cordingly, Author . Bloomsbury $32.50 (420p) ISBN 978-1-58234-534-5
Thomas Cochrane was one of the Royal Navy's greatest frigate captains and most controversial figures during the Napoleonic Wars. A counterpoint to Horatio Nelson and his “band of brothers,” who were masters of fleet actions and...
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David Cordingly, Author Random House (NY) $25 (296p) ISBN 978-0-679-42560-1
Widespread piracy began in the Western world in 1650 and ended abruptly around 1725. Cordingly, formerly on the staff of the National Maritime Museum in England, describes who became pirates (mainly volunteers who joined up when their ships were...
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David Cordingly, Author Mariner Books $14 (320p) ISBN 978-0-15-600549-4
This account of the daily life of such figures as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd ""will delight and inform,"" said PW. (Sept.)
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David Cordingly, Author Random House (NY) $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-375-50041-1
The shipwrecked sailor is a familiar figure, but what of the woman lighthouse keeper who rescued him? Readers of sea lore know the pirate Calico Jack, but what about his mistress Anne Bonny and her lover, Mary Read? An Oxford-trained maritime museum
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