Real and Imagined: The Lives of Anne Bonny and Mary Read
Pirates have long been a subject of fascination. Romantic tales of swashbuckling men are embedded in our mythologized historical cannon, and perhaps no pirates have been more romanticized than two female pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. These two women have been the subject of myth and legend for hundreds of years, and each retelling of their tale has added another layer to what has become one of the most mythologized narratives of pirate history. Who were these women beneath the trappings of popular culture?
