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 ...
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