Ahoy there mateys! In celebration of the most glorious of holidays, International Talk Like A Pirate Day, here is a quick and entirely incomplete history of women pirates. Jeanne de Clisson: The Lioness of Brittany (1300-1359) When the King of France ordered her husband’s head removed from his shoulders, she vowed revenge. Her land ...
Ahoy there mateys! In celebration of the most glorious of holidays, International Talk Like A Pirate Day, here is a quick and entirely incomplete history of women pirates. Jeanne de Clisson: The Lioness of Brittany (1300-1359) When the King of France ordered her husband’s head removed from his shoulders, she vowed revenge. Her land was ...
I couldn’t love a man who commands me – any more than I could love one who lets himself be commanded by me. — Jacquotte Delahaye, a 17th century pirate.
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