{"product_id":"a-history-of-women-in-roxanne-gregory-9781399033657","title":"A History of Women in Piracy: Life Under the Black Flag","description":"The word 'pirate' conjures up images of the swashbuckling men featured in the likes of Black Sails and Pirates of the Caribbean, but the world of piracy has a centuries-long history that is filled with little-known women who wielded real power in a man's world long before they were able to even vote in democratic elections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir stories are compelling and encompass women of all ethnicities and cultures. From Sayyida al Hurra, Queen of the Barbary Pirates, a muslim woman who successfully preyed on the shipping of her enemies and became governor of Tétouan, to Zhèng Shì, an outlawed Tanka woman born in a brothel who rose to successfully command seventeen thousand men in the Red Flag fleet, which at the time outrivaled the Imperial Chinese Navy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the Golden Age of Caribbean Piracy, many transgendered women joined pirate crews even though the presence of a woman aboard ship meant death. Their stories have largely been ignored by history but A History of Women in Piracy uncovers the lives and loves of these daring women who flaunted convention and proved themselves to be every bit as capable (or more so) as their male brethren.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roxanne Gregory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399033654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399033657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Roxanne Gregory","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072100679935,"sku":"9781399033657","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2953e986-b178-43e4-987a-ebbbf9468e87.jpg?v=1753415789","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-women-in-roxanne-gregory-9781399033657","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}