Sentence:  I must in candor admit that the <WSD>Plutarch</WSD> of piracy is sometimes more edifying than entertaining. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 (C.E.)). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch.