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Faye M. Kert has finally written a comprehensive history on the privateers of the War of 1812. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1421417472/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1421417472&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=4bb73fce68f5aceed74dca441a070e94 Privateering: Patriots & Profits in the War of 1812]</i> published by [https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/privateering Johns Hopkins University Press] "highlights the economic, strategic, social and political impact of privateering" and explains why the dangers of piracy ultimately convinced the British to end its conflict with the United States.
Kert was previously a underwater archaeologist and she earned a PhD from the University of Leiden. She is currently an independent historian and the current book review editor for <i>The Northern Mariner</i> published by the [http://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/ Canadian Nautical Research Society]. She is also the author of <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O9OJB8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005O9OJB8&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=b0727efc0413c4add22b9c15c1607eeb Trimming Yankee Sails: Pirates and Privateers of New Brunswick] </i> and <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0968128815/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0968128815&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=463fa68f9ddfdd772b32cd184c902b1e Prize and Prejudice: Privateering and Naval Prize in Atlantic Canada in the War of 1812]</i>.
Here is the interview with Faye M. Kert.
