Cup of Gold Author:John Steinbeck "Gold, lust and conquest! — This was the life of a buccaneer in the days when pirates plundered the Spanish ain. This is the romantic, swashbuckling, bloodthirsty life that Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck has chosen to write about in Cup of Gold, his only historical novel. — The pirate Henry Morgan ruled the high seas with daring deeds ... more »that struck terror into the hearts of Imperial Spain. No ship was safe while he lived.« less