Interview with the Ghosts of Pirates

by John Townsend, Rory Walker (Illustrator)

Overview

Live from the Crypt is a hilarious information series with an undead chat-show format where ghostly historical figures are interviewed by the crew of the show about their lives and experiences.

In this volume, the ghosts of famous and fearsome pirates, including Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, and Ching Shih are interviewed about their criminal careers and often horrible fates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781913971236
Publisher:	Salariya
Publication date:	08/02/2022
Series:	Live from the Crypt Series
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 1.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

John Townsend was a secondary school teacher before becoming a writer of informative and entertaining children's books. 

Rory Walker trained at Falmouth College of Arts and Brighton University. He has worked as a freelance illustrator and designer on computer games, advertising campaigns, magazines, and children's books, for clients including the BBC, Aardman, and Usborne.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Welcome to the programme 11

No script at the ship 21

Comic strip 1 How it all began 28

Behind the scenes 33

Comic strip 2 Blackbeard rules the waves 44

Commercial break 48

Comic strip 3 Robin Hood of the Sea - Samuel Bellamy 52

Forecast 57

Sail of the century (quiz show) 63

Comic strip 4 Fearsome female pirates 72

In a nutshell 77

Comic strip 5 Blackbeard meets his match 86

How nice to meet you 91

Comic strip 6 Pirate punishments 104

Ghosts reunited 109

Comic strip 7 Bartholomew Roberts gets it in the neck 116

Spin the news 121

Comic strip 8 Ching Shih and the Red Flag fleet 128

Sink or swim 133

For the wreck-ord 151

Family tree 158

Timeline 160

Quiz - Who wants to be a privateer? 164

Glossary 169

Live from the Crypt - In the classroom 170

Index 176