Women Were Pirates, Too

From women who fought alongside the men in dastardly high—sea robberies, to an Irish heroine who plundered British ships, to women unfortunate enough to fall amongst thieves, captured and virtually cast into a life of ill—gotten gain, this book explores some long overlooked characters in the history of piracy. Women haven't always played the mere role of passenger aboard ships — there were those who commanded them. In fact, one of history's most notorious pirates was Madame Ching, whose fle...