Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Pirates. By Richard Blakemore. The History Press; 336 pages; £25. To be published in America by Pegasus in August as “The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of ...

A former fish gutter from Kent may have been the inspiration for Captain Jack Sparrow, the character made famous by Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Jack Ward, also known as John, ...