Women Pirates

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Summary

Written with passion and humor, but without romanticizing, or ignoring the unsavory side, a book that turns history on its head.

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Foreword
Acknowledgements	p. 2
Introduction
Rhine Pirates in Cologne	p. 3
The Woman and the Old Sea	p. 8
China Sea
Ch'iao K'uo Fu Jen: Women's Liberation in the Age of the Yellow Rose	p. 31
Lady Ch'ing	p. 34
From the Galley: Shark Fin Soup	p. 44
Lotus Feet and Henpecked Husbands	p. 47
In the Bias Bay	p. 53
Lai Sho Sz'en	p. 56
Linda: A Present-Day Pirate	p. 60
Mediterranean Sea
Elissa: A Pirate Founds Carthage	p. 68
Artemisia: Piracy at the Time of the Persian Wars	p. 80
Teuta: An Illyrian Queen in the Sea Robber Wars	p. 89
From the Galley: Grilled Moray	p. 94
The Arabian Pirate Sida al Hurra	p. 96
Madame de Fresne, or: How did the Marquess Get on the Pirate Ship?	p. 100
The Atlantic
On Dragon Ships: Viking Women	p. 109
Jeanne de Montfort: The Flame	p. 115
Jeanne de Clisson: The Lioness of Brittany	p. 121
On the Trail of Folka ten Broke: The Riddle of Stortebeker's Wife	p. 127
From the Galley: Labskaus Stew	p. 143
Lady Killigrew	p. 145
Grace O'Malley	p. 152
The Caribbean
The Golden Age of Piracy	p. 163
Bucanneer Jacquotte Delahaye	p. 167
Invitation to a Banquet on the Beach	p. 171
Freebooter Anne Dieu-le-veut	p. 173
Sea Princess Bartholomew Roberts: Was "the Most Successful Pirate" a Woman?	p. 178
From the Galley: Piquant Shark Schnitzel	p. 189
Anne Bonny	p. 191
Mary Read	p. 201
Love Among Woman Pirates	p. 211
Glossary	p. 217
Bibliography	p. 219
Life Under the Death's Head: Anarchism and Piracy	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 280
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