The incredible story of the "Robin Hood of the Seas," who stole millions during the Golden Age of Piracy and hid an even greater secret. Henry Avery from Devon plundered a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished without a trace — and into his legendary fame. More ballads, plays, biographies, and books were written about Avery's adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him "King of the Pirates" for the richest theft in pirate history, escaping unscathed (unlike Black Jack and his infamous Flying Gang). Avery became the most wanted criminal on earth. For the authorities, Avery was humanity's enemy. For the people, he was a hero. Rumors circulated about his disappearance. The only certainty is that Henry Avery became a ghost. What happened to the infamous Avery remains the most puzzling cold case in pirate history for centuries. Now, in a remote archive, a coded letter written by "Avery the Pirate" himself, years after his disappearance, reveals an astonishing truth. He was a pirate who came in from the cold... In "King of the Pirates," Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan masterfully intertwine Avery with the shadowy lives of two other iconic figures of the early 18th century, including Daniel Defoe, the famous novelist, and — as few know — a spy with over a hundred aliases, and Archbishop Thomas Tenison, a Protestant who harbored a hatred for Catholic France. "King of the Pirates" by Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan skillfully uncovers the unpublished epic tale of Henry Avery in all his colorful glory — his adventures, his survival, his secret double life, and how he inspired the golden age of piracy.