Sea Queens Woman Pirates Around the World

by Yolen, Jane; Pratt, Christine Joy

• ISBN13: 9781580891325
• ISBN10: 1580891322
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: Charlesbridge

Summary

Throughout the ages, women from all classes and walks of life turned to pirating out of necessity, desperation, or greed. Acclaimed author Jane Yolen examines the contradictions of these bold women's lives and times. Meet Artemisia, the admiral-queen of Persia in 500 BC; Grania O'Malley, the Irish "pirate queen" who challenged Queen Elizabeth I's ships; Madame Ching, who sailed the South China Sea in the early 1800's; and ten other female pirates on their ships, in battle, and in disguise.

Author Biography

Jane Yolen is the award-winning author of nearly three hundred children's books, including Owl Moon, a Caldecott Medal winner. She lives in western Massachusetts and Scotland and has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America. Christine Joy Pratt is the illustration of this is America, Pua's Paniolo Parade, and Plantation Child and Other Stories. She lives in Hawai'i.

Table of Contents

The Sea Queens	p. 1
Artemisia, Admiral-Queen, Persia, 500-480 BC	p. 9
Queen Teuta, Illyria, circa 230 BC	p. 13
Alfhild, Denmark, ninth century	p. 19
Jeanne de Belleville, Brittany, fourteenth century	p. 27
Grania O'Malley, Ireland, sixteenth century	p. 31
Lady Killigrew, England, late sixteenth century	p. 45
Pretty Peg and the Dutch Privateer, Holland, seventeenth century	p. 51
Charlotte de Berry, England, mid-seventeenth century	p. 55
Anne Bonney and Mary Read, American colonies, early eighteenth century	p. 59
Rachel Wall, United States of America, late eighteenth century	p. 73
Mary Anne Talbot, England, late eighteenth century	p. 77
Madame Ching, China, early nineteenth century	p. 81
Roundup	p. 89
Bibliography	p. 94
Index	p. 100
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