Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers who Ruled the Seven Seas
- ISBN-10
- 1613736010
- ISBN-13
- 9781613736012
- Category
- Piracy
- Pages
- 250
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- Laura Sook Duncombe
Description
Dawn of the pirates -- Tour guides of Valhalla -- Medieval maiden warriors -- A Cinderella story among the corsairs -- The Virgin Queen and her pirates -- The Golden Age -- His majesty's royal pirates -- If he had fought like a man, he need not have been hang'd like a dog. -- Pirates of the new world -- Women on the edge -- The most successful pirate of all time -- Veterans of the American wars -- Evil incarnate and the dragon lady -- The pirates of the silver screen
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