New Book – Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean

Paperback edition due November, 2009 by Anchor Books
To be published this year in France, Israel and England

 

How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom–and Revenge.

«In ships bearing names such as the Prophet Samuel, Queen Esther, and Shield of Abraham, Sephardic Jewish pirates plundered Spanish and Portuguese possessions for riches and revenge. The seventeenth century began with Jews outlawed in the New World and most of Europe, and it ended in their freedom.» (from book jacket front cover)

JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN is the entertaining saga of a hidden chapter in Jewish history and of the cruelty, terror, and greed that flourished during the Age of Discovery. Readers will meet such daring figures as “the Great Jewish Pirate” Sinan, Barbarossa’s  second-in-command;  Rabbi Samuel Palache and his brother, Joseph, who went from commanding pirate ships to founding the first openly Jewish community in the New World; and Abraham Cohen Henriques, an arms dealer who used his cunning and economic muscle to find safe havens for other Jews.

Filled with high-sea adventures—including encounters with Captain Morgan and other legendary pirates—and detailed portraits of cities stacked high with plunder, such as Port Royal, Jamaica, JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN captures a gritty and glorious era of history from an unusual and eye-opening perspective.

EDWARD KRITZLER is a historian and a former reporter for USA TODAY. He lives in Kingston, Jamaica.

Contact edkritzler@yahoo.com or 876-302-0527.

Fuente: http://www.jewishpiratesofthecaribbean.com/