Empire of Blue Water Audiobook by Stephan Talty

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/27/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Empire of Blue Water Author: Stephan Talty Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 04-04-07 Publisher: Books on Tape Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 585 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Criminals Publisher's Summary: Henry Morgan, a 20-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the next three decades, his exploits in the Caribbean in the service of the British became legendary. His daring attacks on the mighty Spanish empire on land and at sea determined the fates of kings and queens, and his victories helped shape the destiny of the New World. Morgan gathered disaffected European sailors and soldiers, hard-bitten adventurers, runaway slaves, and vicious cutthroats, and turned them into the most feared army in the Western Hemisphere. Awash with bloody battles, political intrigues, and a cast of characters more compelling, bizarre, and memorable than any found in a Hollywood swashbuckler, Empire of Blue Waters brilliantly recreates the passions and the violence of the age of exploration and empire. Critic Reviews: "Before he became rum, Cap'n Morgan humbled the Spanish Empire.... Talty's well-researched account weaves together myriad political and financial interests in the New World." (Booklist) "Talty strips away the legend to recreate a pivotal era in this accessible portrait of the pirates of the Caribbean." (Publishers Weekly)