Part of Jesse Darling's reading list, The Many Headed Hydra recounts the stories of a motely crew of sailors, slaves, pirates, labourers, market women, and indentured servants who, long before the American Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, had ideas about freedom and equality that would for ever change history.

The Many-Headed Hydra recounts their stories in a sweeping history of the role of the dispossessed in the making of the modern world.

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