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Pirate women : the princesses, prostitutes, and privateers who ruled the Seven Seas / Laura Sook Duncombe.

by Duncombe, Laura Sook.

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Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2017.

Women pirates -- Biography.

Women pirates -- History.

Piracy -- History.

9781613736012 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Princesses, prostitutes, and privateers who ruled the Seven Seas

xiv, 250 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index.

Dawn of the pirates -- Gatekeepers 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.

"A history of the world's female buccaneers - 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. 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 looks beyond the stories to the storytellers and mythmakers. What biases and agendas motivated them? What did they leave out? Why and how these stories are told and passed down, and how history changes depending on who is recording it. Chock-full of swashbuckling adventures that pull these unique women from the shadows into the spotlight that they deserve. Laura Sook Duncombe is an author and feminist living in Virginia. Visit her website at LauraSookDuncombe.wordpress.com"--Provided by publisher.

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