Project Gutenberg 2011-11-12 Public domain in the USA. 329 Defoe, Daniel 1731 Defo, Daniel John, Gabriel Moreton, Andrew Defoë, Daniel The King of Pirates Being an Account of the Famous Enterprises of Captain Avery, the Mock King of Madagascar Produced by Jens Sadowski (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The King of Pirates" by Daniel Defoe is a historical adventure narrative likely written in the early 18th century. The text recounts the exploits of Captain Avery, a notorious figure in piracy, presenting his own account of events to challenge the "ridiculous and extravagant" stories that have circulated about him. The narrative purports to offer a more authentic portrayal of his escapades, including details about his adventures at sea, encounters with other pirates, and his life on Madagascar. The opening of the book introduces the purpose of the narrative, which is centered around Captain Avery's attempts to set the record straight regarding sensationalized and false accounts of his life. Avery begins by dismissing the absurd tales that have been published about him, such as marrying the Mughal princess or achieving grand riches, and aims to provide a genuine recounting, starting from his early experiences at sea. He outlines his journey from a logwood cutter to becoming a pirate, detailing his adventures and his ambitions for wealth and success in the harsh and treacherous life of piracy. The initial chapters establish both Avery's character and the perilous, often violent world of the pirates, setting the stage for the epic tales that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/37992/37992-h/images/title.jpg Reading ease score: 20.4 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. en Sea stories Picaresque literature Adventure stories Pirates -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure Category: British Literature 196180 2025-06-15T12:27:27.483683 text/html 195145 2011-11-12T12:38:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 248575 2011-11-12T12:42:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 257821 2025-06-15T12:27:31.224695 application/epub+zip 259329 2025-06-15T12:27:28.354651 application/epub+zip 119373 2025-06-15T12:27:27.799674 application/epub+zip 327960 2025-06-15T12:27:33.516655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309110 2025-06-15T12:27:30.897643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170875 2022-09-17T11:11:38.014290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 177121 2025-06-15T12:27:27.135658 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 177139 2011-11-12T12:41:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65289 2011-11-12T12:42:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19601 2025-06-15T12:27:33.665624 application/rdf+xml 20066 2025-06-15T12:27:28.091666 image/jpeg 3045 2025-06-15T12:27:28.045657 image/jpeg 250742 2025-06-15T12:27:27.523689 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Johnson, Charles en.wikipedia