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Women have always been involved in maritime life, but their stories have rarely been told. David Cordingly looks at this traditionally male domain and finds some remarkable women: Mary Patten, who took command of a vessel and sailed it round Cape Horn at the age of nineteen; Grace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, who rowed out in ferocious seas to rescue three shipwrecked men; and the awesome Anne Bonny, who disguised herself as a man and became a fearsome pirate before being sentenced to the gallows.
From the waterfront prostitutes and the women who went to sea dressed as sailors, to the wives who were left waiting at home, HEROINES AND HARLOTS looks at the unique relationship between women and the sea.
'Fascinating, never at a loss for detail.' Herald
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"'This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read' Patrick O'Brian; 'Entertaining and popular but also serious in its intent to demonstrate the reality behind the myth of piracy' Times Literary Supplement"
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With tales of voyages and battles, press gangs and prostitutes, this is a fascinating history of two centuries of women and the sea.
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- PublisherPan Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 033048799X
- ISBN 13 9780330487993
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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