Contributions from Anne Chambers, Dian H Murray, Julie Wheelwright. Section 1: Introduction; Section 2: Warrior women in command; Section 3: Working for a living; Section 4: Chinese women pirates; Section 5: Women and piracy today. From swashbuckling heroines to weary prostitutes, images of women pirates have been as varied and colourful as the seas on which they have plied their trade As far back as 480BCE, when Artemesia commanded her Greek trireme, women have taken to the high seas in pursuit of life and liberty; but the realities of their lives has been lost in a murky fog of sexual and racial preconceptions.

Published: 1995

No. pages: 283

ISBN: 9780044409700

Condition: FAIR - softcover - 240g