Historys Famous Women Pirates, Charles River Editors
Historys Famous Women Pirates, Charles River Editors
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History's Famous Women Pirates

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Ross Jenkins

Unabridged: 2 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/02/2024


Synopsis

The people who have lived outside the boundaries of normal societies and refused to play by the rules have long fascinated the world, and nowhere is this more evident than the continuing interest in the pirates of centuries past. As the subjects of books, movies, and even theme park rides, people continue to let their imaginations go when it comes to pirates, with buried treasure, parrots, and walking the plank all ingrained in pop culture’s perception of them.While that explains some of the reasons Grace O'Malley's life and legacy continue to resonate, she was clearly a different kind of woman altogether. Far from being a member of an unprivileged class seeking to steal booty from any ship she could, she was both a queen and a rebel who defiantly fought to protect her home and way of life against the English. Naturally, while foreigners might remember her as a pirate and one of many famous rebels opposing the English over the centuries, Ireland has remembered her as a folk hero, and she has become the subject of all the poetry, songs, plays, and movies that come along with such a standing. 19th century writer James Hardiman may have summed up her legacy the best when he wrote, “Her name has been frequently used by our Bards, to designate Ireland. Hence our Countrymen have been often called ‘Sons of old Grana Weal.’”One of the most famous pirates of all time, and possibly the most famous woman to ever become one, was Anne Bonny. The Irish-born girl moved with her family to the Bahamas at a young age in the early 18th century, which at that time was a hotbed for piracy by the likes of Blackbeard, but the redhead with a fiery temper would go on to forge her own reputation. Like Anne, Mary Read was an illegitimate child who spent some of her childhood dressed up as and disguised as a little boy through incredibly strange circumstances.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on February 20, 2021

A nice short synopsis of three fascinating lives. I’ve been rewatching the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and remembered I had this in my queue. Amazing the information we do know, the editors provided two considerable bibliographies for further reading, though I doubt I’ll get to them.......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on April 17, 2021

It was very informational. But also a lot of what I heard before. I had to do a lot of research and there’s not much about Anne Bonny and Mary Read so for the two of them I just keep reading the same information over and over again. The life of Grace O’Malley was fascinating.......more

Goodreads review by giovanna✨ on June 08, 2022

Li durante a minha breve fase de obsessão por piratas e achei muito interessante. Porém, não vi nenhuma informação nesse livro que eu não poderia achar em uma pesquisa breve. Gostei mesmo assim.......more