Loved It

In this fascinating book about Henry Every, notorious pirate of the 17th century, you will bounce back and forth between his championing of egalitarianism (to a point) and root for the legal team who strove to string him up. As Every outran and outsmarted his pursuers, you are drawn into the excitement, but there were some encounters that will make you shudder, for sure--he was the ultimate antihero. It was interesting to read about the interconnecting web of piracy's effect on the East India Company, capitalism, the government of England, and even a courtroom scene that would be riveting on Netflix today. Serious swashbuckling drama, and relief that we don't have pirates raiding our towns today.