Angus Konstam, an expert on the history of piracy, is the author of more than fifty books, including History of Pirates and History of Shipwrecks (both Lyons Press). A former naval officer and underwater archaeologist, he advised the archaeologists who excavated Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge and...

Angus Konstam, an expert on the history of piracy, is the author of more than fifty books, including History of Pirates and History of Shipwrecks (both Lyons Press). A former naval officer and underwater archaeologist, he advised the archaeologists who excavated Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge and has appeared on the History Channel.