In 1720, two women — Anne Bonny and Mary Read — sailed together, enjoying a brief period as two of the fiercest pirates on the seas. After Read fell in love with a fellow pirate, he angered another ...
Anne Bonny and Mary Read are just two of the famous female pirates who pillaged their way to fame. Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library/Alamy It started with a simple question: where were all the ...
As long as there have been ships sailing the seas, there have been pirates. Brazen, fierce, fearless thieves. Captain Hook, Black Beard, Captain Jack Sparrow. But men were not the only swashbucklers.