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Description:Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century Golden Age of Piracy. In a world dominated by men, they became infamous for their bravery, cruelty and unwavering determination to escape the social constraints placed on women during that time. Despite their infamy, mystery shrouds their lives before they became pirates. Their biographies were recorded in Captain Charles Johnson’s 1724 book, A General History of the Pyrates , depicting the two women as illegitimate women raised by men who, against insurmountable odds, crossed paths in Nassau and became pirates together. But how much is fact versus fiction?This first full-length biography about Anne Bonny and Mary Read explores their intriguing backgrounds while examining the social context of women in their lifetime and their legacy in popular culture that exists to the present day. Using A General History of the Pyrates , early modern legal documents relating to women, their recorded public trial in The Tryal of Jack Rackham and Other Pyrates , newspapers and new, uncovered research, this book unravels the mysteries and legends surrounding their lives.Table of Contents Pirate Queens in HistoryIntroductionChapter 1 The Lawyer and the MaidChapter 2 Anne Bonny, a Not-So-Southern LadyChapter 3 The Widow and the BastardChapter 4 Mary Read, the SoldierChapter 5 Anne Bonny, the PirateChapter 6 Pirate Queens of the CaribbeanChapter 7 The Trial of Anne Bonny and Mary ReadChapter 8 Women’s Attraction to PiracyChapter 9 ConclusionAppendix An Act for Suppressing Pirates in West Indies (1717)Appendix By His Excellency Woodes Rogers, Governour of New-Providence, a Proclamation, 1720Appendix Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, Vol. 33 (1720–1721)Appendix The Boston GazetteAppendix The Trial of Anne Bonny and Mary ReadAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read. To get started finding Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century Golden Age of Piracy. In a world dominated by men, they became infamous for their bravery, cruelty and unwavering determination to escape the social constraints placed on women during that time. Despite their infamy, mystery shrouds their lives before they became pirates. Their biographies were recorded in Captain Charles Johnson’s 1724 book, A General History of the Pyrates , depicting the two women as illegitimate women raised by men who, against insurmountable odds, crossed paths in Nassau and became pirates together. But how much is fact versus fiction?This first full-length biography about Anne Bonny and Mary Read explores their intriguing backgrounds while examining the social context of women in their lifetime and their legacy in popular culture that exists to the present day. Using A General History of the Pyrates , early modern legal documents relating to women, their recorded public trial in The Tryal of Jack Rackham and Other Pyrates , newspapers and new, uncovered research, this book unravels the mysteries and legends surrounding their lives.Table of Contents Pirate Queens in HistoryIntroductionChapter 1 The Lawyer and the MaidChapter 2 Anne Bonny, a Not-So-Southern LadyChapter 3 The Widow and the BastardChapter 4 Mary Read, the SoldierChapter 5 Anne Bonny, the PirateChapter 6 Pirate Queens of the CaribbeanChapter 7 The Trial of Anne Bonny and Mary ReadChapter 8 Women’s Attraction to PiracyChapter 9 ConclusionAppendix An Act for Suppressing Pirates in West Indies (1717)Appendix By His Excellency Woodes Rogers, Governour of New-Providence, a Proclamation, 1720Appendix Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, Vol. 33 (1720–1721)Appendix The Boston GazetteAppendix The Trial of Anne Bonny and Mary ReadAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read. To get started finding Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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