Alex Colville

Piracy pays: how history’s greatest buccaneer got off scot-free

After attacking the richly laden Gunsway in 1695, Henry Every foiled a global manhunt to pocket the equivalent of $20 million

Above the fray: Henry Every was ashore when the Gunsway was attacked. Getty Images
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  • Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power and History’s First Global Manhunt

    Steven Johnson

    Riverhead, pp. 320, £14

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