Born to Be Hanged - by Keith Thomson

Born to Be Hanged is a thrilling tale of piracy in the South Seas, filled with pitched battles, treasure hoards, daring rescues, violent storms, shifting allegiances, mutiny, and a dubious trial.

This book offers an epic history of a band of 'gentlemen pirates' who embark on a two-year rampage along the Pacific coasts of Central and South America, undertaking a series of daring, insane, and bloody raids that are at times so improbable as to defy belief.

With novelistic prose and a rip-roaring sense of adventure, Keith Thomson guides us through the pirates' legendary two-year odyssey, fusing contemporaneous accounts with intensive research and previously unknown primary sources.

This swashbuckling history recounts a two-yearlong pirate raid in the 17th century along the Pacific coastline, with over 300 dastardly buccaneers in search of Spanish gold.

The book humanizes the 'Brethren of the Coast,' shedding light on their motivations, histories, and relationships through meticulous detail.

Born to Be Hanged tells the dazzling true story of one of the brashest, riskiest, and all-out swashbucklingest pirating adventures ever attempted - a mission that takes an outmanned band of English buccaneers across one deadly jungle, over two oceans, through the heart of the Spanish Main, and into endless trouble.

This is a must-read for anyone who loves piracy, seafaring history, or just a good adventure story!