(Crossbones)

Overview: It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown, part marauder's paradise, this is a place like no other on earth - and a mounting threat to international commerce. To gain control of this fearsome society, Tom Lowe, a highly skilled undercover assassin, is sent to the buccaneers' haven to take down the brilliant and charismatic Blackbeard. But the closer Lowe gets, the more he finds that his quest is not so simple. Lowe can't help but admire the political ideals of Blackbeard, whose thirst for knowledge knows no bounds - and no law. But Lowe is not the only danger to Blackbeard's rule. He is a man with many villainous rivals and one great weakness - a passionately driven woman whom he cannot deny.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Drama

Networks:

NBC

Year:

2014

Production companies:

Mr. Cross,

Universal Television,

Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation,

Parkes+MacDonald Production

Actors:

Blackbeard

Tom Lowe

Selima El Sharad

Charlie Rider

Kate Balfour

Crews:

Novel

Original Music Composer