Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel - Couverture souple

Lester, David; Rediker, Marcus

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ISBN 10 : 0807023981 ISBN 13 : 9780807023983

Editeur : Beacon Press, 2023

Synopsis

Featuring an African American fugitive from bondage, an undercover woman, and ‘outcasts of all nations,’ an arresting graphic exploration of the resistance and radical vision of 18th-century pirates

A tale of mutiny, bloody battle, and social revolution, Under the Banner of King Death novelizes for the first time the real pirates, an itinerant community of outsiders, behind our legends. This graphic novel breaks new ground in our understanding of piracy and pirate culture, giving us more reasons to love the rebellious and stouthearted marauders of the high seas.

Set at the pinnacle of the “Golden Age” of Atlantic piracy, this novel follows three unlikely companions, who are sold into servitude on a merchant ship and unwittingly thrust into a voyage of rebellion.

They are:

• John Gwin, an African American fugitive from bondage in South Carolina
• Ruben Dekker, a common seaman from Amsterdam
• Mark/Mary Reed, an American woman who defies stereotypes by dressing as a man.

Mutiny ensues against the tyrannical Captain Skinner, who is thrown overboard to make way for democracy aboard The Night Rambler. The crew’s new order provides radical social benefits, all based on real, documented practices of contemporary pirate ships: democratic decision-making, a social security net, health and disability insurance, and equal distribution of spoils taken from prize ships.

It’s not long before the London elites enlist a war-hungry captain to take down The Night Rambler and start a war of high society versus high-seas pirates. Adapted from the scholarship and research of historian Marcus Rediker, Under the Banner of King Death will inspire readers with its tale of those on the bottom fighting back and achieving, against all odds, a democratic and egalitarian social order, if only for a short time.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Lester illustrated the award-winning 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike. His poster of anti-war protester Malachi Ritscher was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is the guitarist in the rock duo Mecca Normal.

Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of The Fearless Benjamin Lay, and Villains of All Nations on which this book is based.

Paul Buhle, a retired senior lecturer at Brown University, is the authorized biographer of C. L. R. James. He has edited more than a dozen nonfiction graphic novels, including Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson.

Marcus Rediker worked with David Lester and Paul Buhle to adapt his book The Fearless Benjamin Lay (2017) into Prophet against Slavery: Benjamin Lay. A Graphic Novel (Beacon, 2021).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Beacon Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807023981
• ISBN 13: 9780807023983
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Lester David
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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