Four exciting, funny pirate stories based on historical events, from the bestselling Terry Deary. In 'The Pirate Lord', Tom is a cabin boy for Captain Francis Drake, on a mission to defeat the Spanish galleons and steal their plundered gold. 'The Pirate Queen' tells of Cassia O'Malley, the terror of the Irish sea. Her gang of sea-robbers rule the waves – until she is captured ... 'The Pirate Prisoner' is the story of Red-legs Greaves, who has been a slave, a pirate and a rich sugar planter. Now he's a prisoner, soon to be hanged. Can slave girl Lou save his life? In 'The Pirate Captain', it is 1726, and Captain Fly is the greatest pirate to sail the seven seas – or so he says. But Jed and Arthur think he's a bad-tempered bully. Can they stop the cruel captain?