Another beneficiary was the buccaneering financier James Goldsmith. They became buccaneering capitalists when they leased a coalfield near Coatdyke. Coxon lived during the Buccaneering Age of Piracy. These conditions brought Caribbean buccaneering to its zenith. The novel features Conan during his buccaneering days. Early on, he was engaged in buccaneering. The buccaneering period covers approximately the late 17th century. By the late 1980s, the day of the buccaneering tycoon was over. This change in political atmosphere, more than anything else, put an end to buccaneering. Viewed from London, buccaneering was a low-budget way to wage war on England's rival, Spain.