In this collection of daring deeds and awesome adventures from history prepare to be flabbergasted by the time Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates, Ching Shih, the Chinese woman who was the most successful pirate of all time, and the Russian river pirates who lay siege to medieval towns! Tales of Pirates includes sagas of famous pirates like Blackbeard, Ching Shih and Francis Drake, as well as stories of buccaneers you might not have heard of, such as Grace O'Malley, who went to sea disguised as a boy and Sayyida al Hurra, a Moroccan queen turned privateer.