Pirate Women. Rebels at sea - Paperback

by Rosaria Guerra (Author)

Traditionally, the history of pirates has focused on the legendary sea raiders who were active in Europe and the Americas between the 16th and 18th centuries. In reality, pirates and privateers operated in all eras and on all seas, from the British Isles to Southeast Asia, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia, from the Caribbean to the Southern Hemisphere. Among them were not only rough, bearded men, but also women who left the mainland and chose the sea as a space and means of emancipation and individual fulfillment, thus saving themselves from a subordinate life that was often miserable or simply boring. Rebellious, fearless, and unscrupulous, they forced their destiny and did not hesitate to resort to strategy, violence, and war to become protagonists of their own existence. For personal freedom or that of their country, for thirst for revenge or power, for love of a man or for the pure pleasure of adventure, female pirates disobeyed, challenged the laws of men, and fought until the end of their days. Sometimes winning, sometimes losing even their lives, but never giving up their true nature and their dreams of independence. Queens, peasant women, convicts, or prostitutes, these strong, daring, and revolutionary women deserve to have their lives rescued from the silence of oblivion in which they have remained for centuries, and their stories finally told. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)