How did one act of piracy shape the interests of the British Empire?

Stephen Johnson will be here to talk about his latest book, Enemy of All-Man Kind, a true

story of piracy, power, and history's first global manhunt.

Which Stephen Kingbook should you read first?

Our resident expert Gilbert Cruz will join us with recommendations.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the publishing world.

Plus, we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading.

This is the Bookerview podcast from The New York Times.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Stephen Johnson joins us now.

He is the author of many books, many bestselling books, including far-sighted and how we got

to now.

But he joins us to talk about his latest book.

It's called Enemy of All-Man Kind, a true story of piracy, power, and history's first

global manhunt.

Stephen, thanks for being here.

Thank you so much for having me.

There are lots of exciting terms just in your title and subtitle alone.

I want to start with those.

Even though, and we'll talk about this, there's a larger story that you want to tell with

this book.

But let's begin with piracy.

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