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  • MediaDB / «War sails. Board! Vladimir Kovalenko: download fb2, read online

    About the book: 2011 / Are you tired of fairy tales about “noble” pirates? Aren't you tired of films and books glorifying sea robbers, rapists and murderers? Do you believe that the main villains of the Caribbean were the Spaniards? But the real Spain had nothing in common with the gloomy image that enemy propaganda painted. Its invincible infantry, seeing the landing of many thousands of enemy troops, sent a mocking ultimatum from its three incomplete companies: “Why are there so few of you? Few enemies - little glory! - and hit the landing force in the tail and mane. Its enlightened inquisitors used to catch a freethinker for inappropriate discussions about the divine... and recommended that he go and study theology. And, of course, no one was burned in city squares! Her endless domains, stretching along different shores, were famous not for their torture chambers, but for their universities, and the woman professor did not particularly surprise anyone. A lady admiral at the head of a squadron is indeed a rarity, but this was not impossible! A proud Spanish flag flutters over the Caribbean Sea. In the heart is the holy Catholic faith. On the other side of the cannon barrel is a merciless enemy. The bow guns hit the stops, the rudder of the pirate ship is smashed into splinters. Through the powder smoke, under the whistle of bullets and the clang of sabers - to board!