The Buccaneer King: The Story of Captain Henry Morgan

This is the story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy. His name was Captain Sir Henry Morgan and, unlike his contemporaries, he was not hunted down and killed or captured by the authorities. Instead he was considered a hero in England and given a knighthood as well as being made governor of Jamaica. As Graham Thomas reveals in this fresh biography of this complex and intriguing character, Morgan was an exceptional military leader whose prime motivation was to amass as much wealth as he could by sacking and plundering settlements, towns and cities up and down the Spanish Main.As featured on BBC Radio Wiltshire and in Cardiff Times. List of Plates......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Preface......Page 10 Introduction Marching with Morgan......Page 12 Part I The Buccaneer......Page 16 Chapter 1 First Moves......Page 18 Chapter 2 The Rise of Port Royal......Page 25 Chapter 3 Granada Sacked......Page 29 Chapter 4 The Cartago Fiasco......Page 34 Chapter 5 The Providence Affair......Page 38 Chapter 6 Morgan Prepares......Page 44 Chapter 7 Puerto del Príncipe Attacked......Page 49 Chapter 8 A New Target......Page 54 Chapter 9 The Oxford Incident......Page 63 Chapter 10 Attack on Maracaibo......Page 71 Chapter 11 The Gibraltar Excursion......Page 80 Chapter 12 Trapped......Page 86 Chapter 13 Breakout......Page 92 Chapter 14 Revenge......Page 98 Chapter 15 Back at Sea......Page 110 Chapter 16 To Old Providence and Beyond......Page 117 Chapter 17 The Battle at San Lorenzo......Page 122 Chapter 18 The Road to Panama......Page 130 Chapter 19 The Flames of Panama......Page 136 Part II The Politician......Page 162 Chapter 20 Prisoner of the State......Page 164 Chapter 21 Toast of the Town......Page 177 Chapter 22 The New Governor......Page 182 Chapter 23 Loggerheads......Page 193 Chapter 24 Morgan’s Second Term......Page 199 Chapter 25 Lord Carlisle......Page 203 Chapter 26 Last Years......Page 209 Legacy......Page 217 Appendix I Modyford’s Reasons for Granting Commissions......Page 219 Appendix II The John Deane Affair and Vaughan’s AccusationsAgainst Morgan......Page 221 Appendix III Morgan’s Defence......Page 224 Appendix IV The Francis Mingham Affair......Page 228 Bibliography......Page 231 Notes......Page 232 Index......Page 245