In this brilliant headlines edition of Pirates, Terry Deary reveals the terrible truth behind the lousy pirate legends and lies so forget the brave heroes swinging from masts and the handsome young men sailing the seven seas for this is history at its most horrible! Readers can decide who was the absolute worst out of the top ten of putrid pirates, discover why the women pirates were just as wicked at the men and even learn to talk the patter of a pirate. Plus there are foul facts on the ships they sailed, the punishments they suffered and the rules they lived by.