304 pages : 25 cm

Tells us what life was like for the women who dared to captain ships of their own, don pirates' garb, and perform heroic and hellacious deeds on the high seas. We meet Irish raider Grace "Grania" O'Malley and female pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Lovelorn Susan, Ann Jane Thornton, Grace Darling and Scotswoman Betsey Miller

"Edition produced exclusively for Barnes & Noble Books by Simon & Schuster, Inc."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index

The warrior-queens -- The Valkyria -- Mistress cowtie and the pirates -- Pirate queens -- Captured by Corsairs -- The widows -- Bonny and Read -- "The naked truth" -- Ship's business -- Fatal shores -- Fatal impact -- The deceit of dress -- Decently skirted -- War bride -- Women of war -- Nelson's women -- Voyages of discovery -- To the rescue! -- Northwest passage -- Ice Queens -- A woman at the helm

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews