http://madkestrel.com Official Mad Kestrel Site Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:11:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tom Knapp over at Rambles.net has a wonderful Mad Kestrel review. Here is an excerpt. Swords and sorcery are a staple of fantasy novels. Add pirates to the mix, and you've got the potential for a winning combination. If, that is, if the author can pull it off in a successful and entertaining ... http://madkestrel.com/mad-kestrel-reviewed/ The pirate flag is an immediately recognizable symbol of fear and death. The Jolly Roger is a skull on or over a pair of crossed bones. How the name for the pirate flag the "Jolly Roger" came to be is lost to history but there are a variety of stories floating around ... http://madkestrel.com/pirate-flag-jolly-roger/ A new section of our site has been launched. If you are interested in pirates then we have tried to make it easy for you to see any pirate video you might have an interest in. Pirate Videos You could probably find most any Pirate of the Caribbean movie or Pirate of the ... http://madkestrel.com/pirate-videos/ The pirate code would have been the code or set of pirate rules or pirate laws written down and signed by every pirate on board, including the captain. These codes or articles would establish such things as how the share of the booty or treasure would be divided, the punishment ... http://madkestrel.com/pirate-code/ Privateers was the name given to pirates in general who were legally commissioned or officially sanctioned  by a country or government giving them permission to raid ships and harass sea trade of another country or government. The French and English pirates that were living in the Caribbean about the time ... http://madkestrel.com/privateer-and-bucaneers/