THE GOLDEN AGE OF PRIVATEERS AND PIRATES

Reconstructing the past

An episode from the series LET YOURSELF BE TOLD

Synopsis

Whether they were pirates like Jack Rackham, William Kidd, Blackbeard, and La Buse, or privateers like Surcouf and Duguay-Trouin, these figures embodied an ideal of freedom and bravery that turned them into legends.

From the Indian Ocean to Saint-Malo, via Réunion Island and Mauritius, these adventurers struck terror into the hearts of their enemies and amassed fortunes on the seas between the 17th and 19th centuries.