Captain Kidd: a true story of treasure and betrayal
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"Captain William Kidd stands as one of the most notorious "pirate" outlaws ever, but his legend is tainted by a bed of lies. Having captivated imaginations for more than three hundred years and inspired many stories about pirates, troubling questions remain. Was he really a criminal or is the truth more inconvenient: that he was a buccaneer's worst nightmare, a revered pirate hunter turned fall guy for scheming politicians? In Captain Kidd, his ninth-great-grandson, bestselling author Samuel Marquis, reveals the real story. Kidd was an English American privateer and leading New York husband and father. The King of England himself dubbed Kidd "trusty and well-beloved," and some historians describe him as a "worthy, honest-hearted, steadfast, much -enduring sailor" who was the "victim of a deliberate travesty of justice." With honors far more esteemed than the menacing Blackbeard, or any other sea rover at the turn of the seventeenth century, how can Kidd be considered both gentleman and pirate, both hero and villain?"--Amazon.
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Marquis, S. (2025). Captain Kidd: a true story of treasure and betrayal. First Diversion Books edition. Diversion Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Marquis, Samuel. 2025. Captain Kidd: A True Story of Treasure and Betrayal. Diversion Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Marquis, Samuel, Captain Kidd: A True Story of Treasure and Betrayal. Diversion Books, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Marquis, Samuel. Captain Kidd: A True Story of Treasure and Betrayal. First Diversion Books edition. Diversion Books, 2025.
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