Pirates des Caraïbes : réalité ou fiction ?

Aujourd’hui, partons découvrir l’histoire d’Issun-bōshi, un petit homme au grand destin ! Dans les confins du Japon, à Setsu, un couple de jeunes amoureux désespère. Leur amour est plus fort que tout mais rien n’y fait, ils n’arrivent pas à avoir un enfant. Leur tristesse est san ...  Show more

Est-ce que ça vous est déjà arrivé de recevoir un ordre d’un parent, d’un patron, d’un professeur, d'un directeur, ou tout ce que vous voulez… et de vraiment, vraiment pas avoir envie d’y obéir ? Mais, je précise : pas par paresse ou par manque de motivation, non : parce qu’au pl ...  Show more

Hollywood adores the loveable rogue. Pirates are often depicted as wisecracking, kind-hearted individuals who set out for treasure but inevitably do the right thing. In the end, he usually gets the girl and the treasure. Pirates. The word itself hints at a story. And in our final ...  Show more

Throughout the late 17th and early 18th Century, the waters of the Caribbean were crawling with pirates. Stories about swash-buckling buccaneers, and insatiable treasure-seekers haunted the tropical islands, as navies tried in vain to put a stop to their reign of terror. But who ...  Show more

Nowadays most people know the pirates depicted in fiction bear little resemblance to real-life, historical pirates. Few actually buried any treasure, and fewer still lived in secretive island hideouts -- however, in at least one case, the truth appears stranger than fiction. Join ...  Show more

They are familiar figures in folklore and popular culture, swashbuckling across the silver screen, snarling on stage as pantomime villains or committing daring deeds in childhood literary classics. But who were the real life pirates of the Caribbean and how much of what we think ...  Show more