Anne Bonny Tale Of A Lady Pirate

Sentenced to hang for piracy in 1720, Anne Bonny's sentence is commuted to life in a British prison. She escapes to seek a hidden treasure, and revenge on the British naval officer who raped her and killed her family.

The story of the most famous female pirate in history provides a remarkable personal odyssey from a time when women were almost powerless and at the lowest level of the social order on both sides of the Atlantic. This new biographical work fills considerable gaps in Anne Bonny’s life beyond her mythology to rescue an actual person for posterity. After turning her back on everything she knew growing up in South Carolina to find a sense of personal freedom, Anne Bonny sailed the Caribbean’s pristine waters during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early eighteenth century. Few accurate records exist about these law-breakers, whose lifestyles called for hanging. Fortunately, Anne Bonny was a notable exception to the rule, as she was caught off the Jamaican coast and tried by a court of law, whose records have fortunately survived. So, who was the real Anne Bonny? A heartless prostitute, a bloodthirsty psychopathic, or a compassionate woman of faith and courage? Such a fundamental question has not been adequately answered by historians for 300 years. It is now time to take a fresh look at the life of Anne Bonny to present a corrective view into not only her story but also the seldom explored, but incredibly rich, field of women’s history. The Anne Bonny mythology is today popularly told in Starz channel’s Black Sails and the video game Assassin's Creed.

Profiles pirates throughout history, especially women pirates of Europe, America, and Asia, such as Princess Alvilda, Ingean Ruadh, Grany Imallye, Elizabeth Killegrew, Anne Bonny, and Lai Cho San.

Presents the history of two female pirates, discussing how they came to be pirates, what life was like as a pirate, and what became of the two women.

This book presents the story of Anne Bonny, one of only two known female pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early 1700s.

Anne Bonny is a real life story of love, freedom, and adventure After her mother dies and her father is lost in depression, Anne feels like she is alone in the world until she meets a knight in shining armor. But knights in shining armor exist only in fairytales. Anne's life quickly unravels when she is forced to leave everything she has ever known and move to the Caribbean Islands. The Pirate "Calico Jack" has always lived a life of pleasure but when Jack accepts a pardon and decides to become a respectable "gentleman" he is unjustly accused of a crime and sentenced to death, but Anne Bonny's testimony saves his life and in her he finds that he has met his match. With the whole world set against them, and the only option is piracy, Anne and Jack take on any and all who come in their way. But when Jack's luck runs out, can they stick together? Will their love prevail? Or will all be lost?

In the first-ever Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside—and sometimes in command of—their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom. History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until now. Here are their stories, from ancient Norse princess Alfhild and warrior Rusla to Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbary corsairs; from Grace O'Malley, who terrorized shipping operations around the British Isles during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; to Cheng I Sao, who commanded a fleet of four hundred ships off China in the early nineteenth century. Author Laura Sook Duncombe also looks beyond the stories to the storytellers and mythmakers. What biases and agendas motivated them? What did they leave out? Pirate Women explores why and how these stories are told and passed down, and how history changes depending on who is recording it. It's the most comprehensive overview of women pirates in one volume and chock-full of swashbuckling adventures that pull these unique women from the shadows into the spotlight that they deserve.

"Exciting illustrations follow events in the life of Anne Bonny. The combination of brightly colored panels and leveled text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--