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The Netflix docudrama “Lost Pirate Kingdom” took the world by storm last month, rising to the #2 most watched show on the streaming service’s U.S. site, #3 in the U.K, and #1 in Denmark. It may be the most watched six hours of early 18
th century history out there, and has likely introduced millions to the true story of Blackbeard and his Caribbean pirate cohort, a fascinating tale I researched and told in a 2007 book,
The Republic of Pirates, which is why I was one of the series’ principle on camera experts.
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WIELDING a long sabre, a wild-eyed Charles Vane cuts a deep gash in his own nose before threatening to sever the manhood of the Spanish hostage tied up in front of him.
The shocking scene, from the new Netflix series The Lost Pirate Kingdom, shows the brutality of life on the high seas in the golden age of piracy.
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Charles Vane, played by Tom Padley, in a dramatic scene from the documentaryCredit: Netflix
The eight part documentary series with dramatic reenactments, reveals how the 18th century privateers - seamen paid by the state to raid enemy ships in the war between England and Spain - became lawless pirates in peacetime.