The life of the famous pirate Anne Bonnie. Sea Robbers - Anna Bonnie and Mary Reid

The world's most famous female pirate is almost certainly a fictional character. At least, even if a person with that name existed, all the details of her biography are known only from the “General History of Piracy” of capital Charles Johnson(he is also 99% a writer Daniel Defoe), which is essentially more of an adventure story than a true story historical source. And if in the cases of “gentlemen of fortune” there are other evidence and documents, then in the case of “Lady of Fortune” one has to rely solely on the fantasies of Mr. Defoe (who was such a famous liar in his time that it is not even known exactly what his real name- Defoe, de Foe or just Fo...).

Portraits of Anne Bonney “no longer exist,” and she was played by actress Clara Paget in the series.

All the details of the life of Ann’s mother and father look like a Boccaccio novella rather than the truth, so the few facts that “from afar look like reliable” from her childhood are as follows - the girl was the illegitimate daughter of a lawyer Edward Cormack from Cork (in Ireland) and from an early age showed a quick temper, violent temper and a tendency to cruelty (allegedly she stabbed a maid in her father’s house, and bit some young man who behaved too freely with her, so that he was treated for a long time). As a result, she married a simple sailor James Bonney, her father disowned her and kicked her out of the house, and the young couple moved to America - to the island of New Providence.
In the new place, Anne’s feelings for her husband quickly cooled (and according to another version, he was disappointed that he didn’t get anything from the rich daughter of a lawyer), and she got together with a rich planter Childy Bayard. His love was so great that even after Bonnie was involved in the murder of the cousin of the governor of Jamaica, he rescued her from prison, giving her a big paw to the jailers. But the boring life with the merchant began to weigh down " femme fatale", and in May 1719 she responded to persistent advances pirate captain Jack Rackham, becoming his “fighting girlfriend” and accompanying him on raids, dressed in a man’s dress.
Moreover, combat in every sense, for the courage and dexterity with weapons demonstrated by Anne far exceeded the “average piracy” level - and how could it be otherwise, if persistent contempt and attitude towards women as “lower animals” prevailed among the sea robbers? that it was necessary to frighten them very much in order to shut the mouths of the dissatisfied. But the child she gave birth to from Rackham did not survive and died as an infant.
In October 1720, Rackham's ship was captured, not least because almost none of the crew shared Anne Bonny's desire to fight. Therefore, during the last meeting with common-law husband she threw a contemptuous expression in his face: “If you had fought like a man, you wouldn’t have been hanged like a dog!”
However, unlike all the other male pirates, Anne Bonny (like the second pirate who sailed on the same ship, Mary Read) were not executed immediately - because she was recognized as pregnant (and the execution was postponed until the birth of the baby). But what happened next - this mystery is great, for Johnson-Dafoe ends with the phrase that “she was definitely not executed.” And that's it...

Anne Bonney And Mary Read The most famous and fierce female pirates in history, and they are the only ones known to have done so in the Western Hemisphere. Anne Bonney, born in County Cork, Ireland, was illegitimate daughter lawyer William Cormack and his maid. They immigrated to America after Anne's birth in the late 1600s and settled on a plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. A headstrong young woman "of a fierce and courageous nature", she eloped with a young ne'er-do-well, James Bonney, against her father's wishes.

James took her to a pirate den in New Providence in the Bahamas, but in 1718, when the Bahamian governor offered a royal pardon for any pirate, James turned out to be an informant. Anne Bonney She was disgusted by his cowardice and soon after she met and fell in love with a swaggering pirate captain named Jack Rackham. Disguised as a man Anne Bonney began sailing with him on his vanity boat, with his famous skull and crossed daggers on the flag, hunting down Spanish treasure ships heading from Cuba and Haiti. She reportedly became pregnant with Jack's child and retreated from piracy, only to give birth to the child and leave him with friends in Cuba before returning to her life of adventure on the high seas.

Mary Read born in Plymouth, England, around 1690. Her mother's husband was a sailor who went on a long voyage and was never heard of. He left his wife pregnant and she gave birth to a sickly boy who died shortly after the illegal birth stepsister, Maria. The mother waited for her husband, but when her money ran out, she took Mary to London to ask her mother-in-law for financial help. She knew that this old woman did not like girls, so she dressed Mary in boy's clothes, like a son. The mother-in-law was misled and promised a crown a week to help support them. Mary Read continued to pose as a boy for many years, even after the old woman died and financial aid ended. Then a teenager, Mary was hired as a page to a French woman.

But, according to history, “here she did not live long, brave and strong, and also having a sharp mind, she found herself on board the governor’s sloop, where she worked for some time. Then she left him. However, disguised as a man, Mary Read Enlisted in a land regiment in Flanders and then a cavalry regiment, serving in both with honors. She fell in love with another soldier, revealing her true gender, and began dressing as a woman. After their marriage, she and her husband became masters of the Three Horseshoes, next to Breda Castle in Holland. Unfortunately, he died young and her fortunes soon changed.

She knew that life in the 1700s was much more easier for a man than a woman, so Mary Read returned back to men's clothing and her old life began, this time on a Dutch merchant ship she went to Caribbean. But on one voyage, the ship was captured by pirates, whom she fought with until they accepted the king's pardon in 1718 and began working as privateers.

Soon after, their ship was captured by the vain captain Jack Rackham and, from a boring legal life, she returned to piracy.

Anne Bonney And Mary Read They quickly discovered each other, became close friends and, secretly from the captain, enriched themselves. Despite the tough appearance, Mary Read found her lover on board and is said to have saved his life by protecting him from the threat of a duel. In the fight with her opponent, using weapons, she won.

Both Anna and Maria were known for their violent temperament and ferocity in battle, and they gained a reputation as the "fierce cats of hell." Their fellow crew members knew that - during the period of action - no one was as ruthless and bloodthirsty as these two women.

Captain Jack was noted for his love of colorful cotton clothing and was famous pirate in those days, but his reputation has survived so many centuries primarily because of these two notorious female pirates in his crew.

In late October 1720, Rackham's ship was anchored off Cape Negril, Jamaica, and the pirates were celebrating recent victories in their typical tradition. Suddenly a sloop of the British navy, led by Captain Jonathan Barnet, saw them. The drunken pirates quickly hid below deck, leaving only Anne Bonney And Mary Read to protect your ship. The women shouted at their fellow pirates to “get it, you cowards, and fight like men,” and then fought viciously, killing one and wounding several others.

But the women were ultimately overwhelmed by the British navy, and the entire crew was captured and taken to Jamaica to stand trial. Captain Jack and his crew were convicted on November 16, 1720, and were sentenced to hang. Anne Bonney was allowed to visit her lover in his cell before his execution, and instead of the comforting, loving words he no doubt expected, her harsh comments live on throughout the story:

“If you had fought like a man, you wouldn’t have been hanged like a dog.”

Anne Bonney And Mary Read were tried a week after the team's death and were also found guilty. But at their sentencing, when asked by the judge if they had anything to say, they replied: “My Lord, we recognize our bellies.” Both were pregnant, and since then British law prohibited the killing of an unborn child, the punishment was temporarily suspended. Mary Read, is said to have died of fever in the city's Spanish prison in 1721, before the birth of her child. Other sources say her death was faked and she slipped out of prison under a shroud. There is no record of the execution of the sentence Anne Bonney, was never found. Some say her wealthy father bought her freedom after the birth of her child, and she settled into a quiet family life on a small Caribbean island. Others believe that she lived her life in the south of England, owning a tavern where she served local residents with stories about her exploits. And still others say that Anne Bonney And Mary Read moved to Louisiana, where they raised their children together and were friends for the rest of their lives.

She was considered a good match, and her father was already looking for a profitable groom for her. But she made him unhappy by secretly marrying D. Bonney, a simple sailor who did not have a single penny in his pocket. Hiding from their angry father, the newlyweds boarded a ship bound for the island of New Providence.

Arriving at the place, she quickly became friends with the wealthy planter Childie Bayard. However, an ugly story soon happened, as a result of which Annie became involved in the murder of the cousin of the governor of Jamaica. Anne was thrown into prison, although not for long. Fortunately for her, Bayard did not skimp on a substantial bribe to get her out of there. With him, Anne made several trading trips to the New World.

After some time, she began to feel burdened by Bayard's company. In May 1719, she met the pirate D. Rackham in one of the taverns, who began to show her constant attentions. Anne changed into men's clothes and followed Rackham, who took her with him to the sea.

Anne Bonny always accompanied him and more than once proved to Rackham that she would not yield to anyone in courage and ability to fight. By chance, they captured a ship on which M. Reed, disguised as a man, was sailing. Reed, who had army training behind her, was the only passenger who did not surrender to the pirates and took the fight. After several unsuccessful attempts to deal with Reed, she was offered to join the team and she accepted. From that time on, Bonnie, Reed and Rackham pirated together.

In literature

In popular culture

Music

• Veers, Laura - “Anne Bonny Rag”;

Fiction

• Novels
  • Powers, Tim - In unknown waves;
  • Raikes, Kathy - Seizure;
  • Robin Hobb - Saga of the Living Ships;
  • Pamela Jackel - Star of the sea;
  • Ian McDowell Under the flag of the night
  • George MacDonald Fraser - Pirates;
  • Erica Jong - Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones.
• Books
  • Pamela Johnson - Pirate's heart. Novella about Anne Bonny;
  • John Karlova - Mistresses of the Seas;
  • Robert Hoyt - Anne Bonny: The Tale of a Female Pirate;
  • Riley, Sandra - Sisters of the Sea: Anne Bonny and Mary Read, Pirates of the Caribbean.
• Short stories
  • Gray, Alasdair - The Ballad of Anne Bonny.
• Poetry
  • Artois, Robert (poet) - Pretty Ann.

Films and videos

• The Spanish Main (1945)
• Anna - Queen of the Pirates (1951)
• Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
• The Buccaneers - Gentleman Jack and the Lady (1956) (TV episode)
• The Pirates (1986) (TV)
• Pirates (1998)
• Die Abrafaxe – Unter schwarzer Flagge (2001)
• Pirates of Treasure Island (2006)
• Pirates, Sky/Discovery Channel (TV, documentary)
• The whole truth about Caribbean pirates (2006) (TV, documentary)
• Carolina Stories: Pirates of the Carolinas (2007) (TV, documentary)
• Case Closed: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)
• Black Sails (2014) (TV)

Anime and Manga Games

• Pirate's Cove (board game 2002)
• Anachronism(board game)
• The 39 Clues, book 9 (interactive novel series and game)
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (PlayStation 4 exclusive)

• Under external good manners beautiful girl a violent temperament was hidden, causing a lot of trouble for parents. For example, she shocked local society by riding around naked from the waist up. And once, in a fit of anger, she stabbed her maid with a knife. The case did not go to trial only thanks to the influence of his father and his legal sophistication, which helped hush up creepy story. After this, the lawyer decided to quickly get his daughter married in the hope that this would calm her down.
• One of the anime and manga characters One Piece Jewelry Bonnie is named after Anne Bonny.
• In the book “39 Keys: A storm warning." Anne Bonny is one of the Cahills, belonging to the Madrigal branch.
• IN computer game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Anne Bonny is one of the twelve "founding fathers" of the legendary pirate colony - Libertalia.

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- Why agree, we don’t need bread.
- Well, should we give it all up? Do not agree. We don’t agree... We don’t agree. We feel sorry for you, but we do not agree. Go on your own, alone...” was heard in the crowd from different directions. And again the same expression appeared on all the faces of this crowd, and now it was probably no longer an expression of curiosity and gratitude, but an expression of embittered determination.
“You didn’t understand, right,” said Princess Marya with a sad smile. - Why don’t you want to go? I promise to house you and feed you. And here the enemy will ruin you...
But her voice was drowned out by the voices of the crowd.
“We don’t have our consent, let him ruin it!” We don’t take your bread, we don’t have our consent!
Princess Marya again tried to catch someone's gaze from the crowd, but not a single glance was directed at her; the eyes obviously avoided her. She felt strange and awkward.
- See, she taught me cleverly, follow her to the fortress! Destroy your home and go into bondage and go. Why! I'll give you the bread, they say! – voices were heard in the crowd.
Princess Marya, lowering her head, left the circle and went into the house. Having repeated the order to Drona that there should be horses for departure tomorrow, she went to her room and was left alone with her thoughts.

For a long time that night Princess Marya sat open window in her room, listening to the sounds of men talking coming from the village, but she did not think about them. She felt that no matter how much she thought about them, she could not understand them. She kept thinking about one thing - about her grief, which now, after the break caused by worries about the present, had already become past for her. She could now remember, she could cry and she could pray. As the sun set, the wind died down. The night was quiet and fresh. At twelve o'clock the voices began to fade, the rooster crowed, and people began to emerge from behind the linden trees. full moon, a fresh, white mist of dew rose, and silence reigned over the village and over the house.
One after another, pictures of the near past appeared to her - illness and last minutes father. And with sad joy she now dwelled on these images, driving away from herself with horror only one last image of his death, which - she felt - she was unable to contemplate even in her imagination at this quiet and mysterious hour of the night. And these pictures appeared to her with such clarity and with such detail that they seemed to her now like reality, now the past, now the future.
Then she vividly imagined that moment when he had a stroke and was dragged out of the garden in the Bald Mountains by the arms and he muttered something with an impotent tongue, twitched his gray eyebrows and looked at her restlessly and timidly.
“Even then he wanted to tell me what he told me on the day of his death,” she thought. “He always meant what he told me.” And so she remembered in all its details that night in Bald Mountains on the eve of the blow that happened to him, when Princess Marya, sensing trouble, remained with him against his will. She did not sleep and at night she tiptoed downstairs and, going up to the door to the flower shop where her father spent the night that night, listened to his voice. He said something to Tikhon in an exhausted, tired voice. He obviously wanted to talk. “And why didn’t he call me? Why didn’t he allow me to be here in Tikhon’s place? - Princess Marya thought then and now. “He will never tell anyone now everything that was in his soul.” This moment will never return for him and for me, when he would say everything he wanted to say, and I, and not Tikhon, would listen and understand him. Why didn’t I enter the room then? - she thought. “Maybe he would have told me then what he said on the day of his death.” Even then, in a conversation with Tikhon, he asked about me twice. He wanted to see me, but I stood here, outside the door. He was sad, it was hard to talk with Tikhon, who did not understand him. I remember how he spoke to him about Lisa, as if she were alive - he forgot that she died, and Tikhon reminded him that she was no longer there, and he shouted: “Fool.” It was hard for him. I heard from behind the door how he lay down on the bed, groaning, and shouted loudly: “My God! Why didn’t I get up then?” What would he do to me? What would I have to lose? And maybe then he would have been consoled, he would have said this word to me.” And Princess Marya said out loud the kind word that he said to her on the day of his death. “Darling! - Princess Marya repeated this word and began to sob with tears that relieved her soul. She now saw his face in front of her. And not the face that she had known since she could remember, and which she had always seen from afar; and that face is timid and weak, which on the last day, bending down to his mouth to hear what he said, she examined up close for the first time with all its wrinkles and details.
“Darling,” she repeated.
“What was he thinking when he said that word? What is he thinking now? - suddenly a question came to her, and in response to this she saw him in front of her with the same expression on his face that he had in the coffin, on his face tied with a white scarf. And the horror that gripped her when she touched him and became convinced that it was not only not him, but something mysterious and repulsive, gripped her now. She wanted to think about other things, wanted to pray, but could do nothing. She's big with open eyes she looked at the moonlight and shadows, every second she expected to see his dead face and felt that the silence that stood over the house and in the house shackled her.
- Dunyasha! – she whispered. - Dunyasha! – she screamed in a wild voice and, breaking out of the silence, ran to the girls’ room, towards the nanny and girls running towards her.

On August 17, Rostov and Ilyin, accompanied by Lavrushka, who had just returned from captivity, and the leading hussar, from their Yankovo ​​camp, fifteen versts from Bogucharovo, went horseback riding - to try a new horse bought by Ilyin and to find out if there was any hay in the villages.
Bogucharovo had been located for the last three days between two enemy armies, so that the Russian rearguard could have entered there just as easily as the French vanguard, and therefore Rostov, as a caring squadron commander, wanted to take advantage of the provisions that remained in Bogucharovo before the French.
Rostov and Ilyin were in the most cheerful mood. On the way to Bogucharovo, to the princely estate with an estate, where they hoped to find large servants and pretty girls, they either asked Lavrushka about Napoleon and laughed at his stories, or drove around, trying Ilyin’s horse.
Rostov neither knew nor thought that this village to which he was traveling was the estate of that same Bolkonsky, who was his sister’s fiancé.
Rostov with Ilyin in last time They let the horses out to drive the horses in front of Bogucharov, and Rostov, having overtaken Ilyin, was the first to gallop into the street of the village of Bogucharov.
“You took the lead,” said the flushed Ilyin.
“Yes, everything is forward, and forward in the meadow, and here,” answered Rostov, stroking his soaring bottom with his hand.
“And in French, your Excellency,” Lavrushka said from behind, calling his sled nag French, “I would have overtaken, but I just didn’t want to embarrass him.”
They walked up to the barn, near which stood a large crowd of men.
Some men took off their hats, some, without taking off their hats, looked at those who had arrived. Two long old men, with wrinkled faces and sparse beards, came out of the tavern and, smiling, swaying and singing some awkward song, approached the officers.

Anne Bonny was born on March 8, 1700 in a small town near Cork in Ireland, where her father Edward Cormack served as a lawyer. The piquancy of the situation was that she was not his legitimate daughter, which seems to refute the old English proverb, which states that “illegitimate children are the happiest.” She was a child given to her father by a maid, a relationship with whom he, however, did not hide from anyone.

When Anne was born, a scandal broke out, initiated by his wife, resulting in Edward losing his clientele. Together with this maid and Anne, he boarded a ship bound for Carolina.

At first he made his living working as a lawyer, but, soon taking up trade, he achieved such great success in this new business that he was able to acquire a very extensive plantation. His maid, whom he continued to pass off as his wife, died, and the widower transferred all the worries about the household onto the shoulders of his daughter Anne.

I must say that the girl had a cool disposition and was very brave. When she was subsequently convicted, the pirates laid out many stories during the trial, most of which were not in her favor. It was said, among other facts, that one day, while doing housework for her father, she became so angry with an English maid that she killed the poor thing right on the spot. kitchen knife; or another ugly story: young man, who dared to come too close to Anne against her wishes, she bit him so cruelly that he could not recover from his wounds for a long time.

While Anne lived in her father's house, she was considered a good match, and he was already looking for a profitable groom for her. But she made him unhappy by secretly marrying James Bonney, a simple sailor who did not have a single penny in his pocket. The father was so enraged by his daughter's actions that he kicked her out of the house forever. A young man who thought he had made a good deal by marrying rich girl, was very disappointed. Hiding from their angry father, the newlyweds had no choice but to board a ship heading to the island of New Providence, where James intended to find work.

Arriving at the place, she quickly became friends with the wealthy planter Childie Bayard. However, soon an ugly story occurred as a result of which Anne became involved in the murder of the cousin of the governor of Jamaica. Anne was thrown into prison, although not for long. Luckily for her, Childy paid a hefty bribe to get her out of there. Together with him, Anne made several trading trips to the New World.

After some time, she began to feel burdened by Bayard's company. In May 1719, she met the pirate Jack Rackham in one of the taverns, who began to show her constant attentions. He was very kind to her and gradually persuaded her to leave Childie, which she eventually did. Anne Bonny changed into men's clothing and followed Rackham, who took her with him to the sea. After some time, she discovered that she was expecting a child, and when the due date approached, Rackham dropped her off in Cuba, instructing several of his friends to take care of his friend. Finally, Anne Bonny was delivered from her pregnancy, but the sea adventures were not in vain and the child, born ancephalic, died a few hours later. In order to quickly forget about the misfortune that befell her, she again went to sea with Rackham.

When the king's decree was published everywhere, in which he pardoned those pirates who would stop robbing, Rackham obeyed its conditions and parted with the pirate craft. But after some time, having hired out to Governor Rogers to go to sea against the Spaniards, he and his comrades rebelled and captured the governor's ship. This happened rather through the fault of the governor himself. The latter was known as a quarrelsome and extremely suspicious person. He began to suspect that Anne and Rackham were plotting against him to kill him. As punishment, he forced Rackham to flog his "wife". The execution was completed. Offended by this treatment, Anne and Rackham now actually hatched a conspiracy and carried it out. They went back to their old ways again.

Anne Bonny, as always, accompanied him and more than once proved to her friend that she would not yield to anyone in courage and ability to fight. By chance, they were captured at sea by pirates led by Mary Read. A misunderstanding occurred between them, which later grew into a strong friendship. Since I already described this part of Anne’s life in the story about Mary Read, I will not repeat it here again.

In October 1720, Mary, Anne and Rackham were finally caught by Governor Lawes of Jamaica. In that battle, she, Mary Read and Captain Rackham were the only ones who dared to remain on the upper deck.

Anne Bonny's father was known as an honest man among the noble people who had their plantations in Jamaica. In this regard, many, remembering Anne Bonny in his house, tried to provide him with some services. But the unforgivable mistake she made by leaving her husband and following a pirate further aggravated her crime against society. When Rackham was sentenced to execution, he was allowed, as a great favor, to see Anne Bonny, but instead of consolation before her death, she told her friend that he was indignant at his pitiful appearance. “If you had fought like a man, you wouldn’t have been hanged like a dog!”

Soon after, Mary Read died in custody. Anne Bonny was in prison until her next delivery. Her execution was constantly postponed, and, in the end, the sentence was never carried out. The fact is that Anne Bonny suddenly and mysteriously disappears from official records. There are several hypotheses about its future fate. According to one of them, she went deep into the American continent as part of one of the expeditions, where she soon died of illness. According to another, she again contacted the pirates and died in one of the boarding battles. There is also a hypothesis that she allegedly returned to Ireland.

ANNA BONNIE AND MARY REED

The most notable ladies in the history of banditry and sea robbery were female pirates - Mary Read and Anne Bonny.

Mary Read's life was full of adventures. Her mother was a “straw widow” and with youth instilled in her daughter that she should learn to stand up for herself in this life, raised her like a boy, and dressed her in men's clothes. At the age of thirteen, the girl was taken into the service of a certain French woman, but the girl was not tempted by the fate of a valet, and she got a job as a cabin boy on a warship. But soon she escaped from the ship and entered service in one of the French infantry regiments stationed in Flanders. In her soldier guise, she experienced many adventures and showed courage and prowess in battles. And finally, when she was transferred from the infantry to the cavalry, love for her colleague finally settled in her heart. Only to him did she reveal the secret of her gender. The wedding of the “cavalry guard maiden” created a sensation in the army; many senior army ranks honored this joyful event with their presence. The happy young couple made a nest for themselves in the town of Breda in the tavern “Under Three Horseshoes,” which still exists to this day.

Female Pirates: Annie Bonny and Mary Read. 19th century engraving

However, Mary's husband soon died in battle, and she again put on men's clothes and went to the regiment. But is it because she was corrupted by the delights of peaceful life? family life, or because the attitude of her fellow soldiers changed, but soon Mary deserted from the regiment and re-hired as a sailor on a merchant ship sailing to the Antilles. And again she fell in love with the charming young man.

And one fine day, when the warm waves of the Caribbean Sea were already splashing under the bowsprit of the ship, a sloop with a black flag on the mast appeared on the horizon. It soon became known that the world-famous east coast American pirate John Rackam, nicknamed Calico Jack - Calico Jack, so he was nicknamed for his love of bright outfits.

He presented the ship he captured to his wife, Anna Bonny, who was with him on board.

This young lady also did not have a good personal life. She was Irish illegitimate daughter lawyer Bonnie from County Cork, but as a child she and her father went to America, to Carolina. This sweet girl was distinguished by a violent and hot-tempered character, which caused a lot of trouble to her loved ones. One day, offended by a sluggish English servant, she stabbed him with a knife. Fortunately, the story was hushed up.

Then the time came for amorous adventures and love affairs, and finally Anna secretly got married to some sailor, who soon left. One way or another, soon John Rackam himself began to pursue Anna, instantly discouraging the rest of the suitors. Without bothering himself with matchmaking, he one day simply moored to the shore not far from Bonnie’s house and kidnapped the beauty, which she, however, did not particularly oppose. Having given birth to her husband's child, Anna entrusted him to the care of her friends and returned to the ship. Together with her husband, she took a very active part in all the enterprises of the pirates, distinguishing herself with extraordinary courage and dexterity.

Once captured, Mary Reed stated that she had dreamed of becoming a pirate all her life, and was accepted into the “brotherhood.” Free, well-fed and drunk, full of dangers She liked the life of sea robbers. Her chosen one also joined the pirates with her. One day he started a quarrel with a certain pirate who doubted his courage. According to the laws of “brotherhood,” this dispute could only be resolved in a duel. Imagine Mary’s indignation when her chosen one reduced the matter to peace. In a rage, she attacked him with insults, challenged him to a sword duel and immediately killed him on the ship. At the same time, the secret of her gender was revealed, but the pirates already respected her so much that they accepted her as an equal. Mary became friends with Anna and began to lead an exemplary pirate lifestyle.

But the days of Morgan and Drake are over. There were too many armed ships sailing the seas, and the captain of each of them received bonuses and rewards if a pirate was caught. One day, in October 1720, abeam of Jamaica, Rackam's sloop met an English frigate. A few salvos from both sides of the frigate were enough for the pirates to surrender, preferring the mercy of royal justice to the merciless sentence of the guns. The pirates were taken to Jamaica, to Santiago de la Vega, where they did not have to wait long for trial...

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Mary Pickford No silent film actress has enjoyed such fame or aroused such love among moviegoers of all countries as Mary Pickford. Crowds of thousands of fans - in England, France, the Soviet Union - went crazy when she arrived; people stood for the longest

by Hall Allan

ANNA BONNIE AND MARY REED The most notable ladies in the history of banditry and sea robbery were female pirates - Mary Reed and Anna Bonnie. Mary Reed's life was full of adventures. Her mother was a “straw widow” and from a young age instilled in her daughter that she should learn

From the book Crimes of the Century author Blundell Nigel

BONNIE AND CLYDE: Killer Love The real life of Clyde and Bonnie is no more dramatic than the movies about them. A homosexual and a nymphomaniac, both of them were obsessed with a passion for violence and longed for loud fame, which invariably accompanied them in the form of numerous newspaper

From the book Pirates by Perrier Nicolas

BONNIE AND CLYDE: Killer Love The real life of Clyde and Bon is no more dramatic than the movies about them. A homosexual and a nymphomaniac, both of them were obsessed with a passion for violence and longed for loud fame, which invariably accompanied them in the form of numerous newspaper

From the book 100 Great Fashion Creators author Skuratovskaya Maryana Vadimovna

Bloody Mary Although Mary Reed sailed with Anne Bonny under the same Jolly Roger, the biography of this pirate is strikingly different from the story of the fall from grace of the daughter of a wealthy planter. Where she spent her childhood, as well as the real name and surname of Bloody Mary, is unknown.

From the book Robberies and Thefts [Bandits, robbers, thieves and swindlers] author Revyako Tatyana Ivanovna

Bonnie Cashin (1908–2000) “A practical dreamer,” she called herself. This woman was not one of those who created Haute Couture; she spent her whole life doing ready-to-wear, but she did it with such success that she forever wrote herself into the history of fashion as one of the most influential

From the book The Author's Encyclopedia of Films. Volume I by Lourcelle Jacques

BONNIE and CLYDE Some robbers fell into the category of " folk heroes" Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, early 30s roamed America, were ruthless killers, but ended up immortalized in films, songs and legends. True, Bonnie and Clyde never became great

From the book The Office of Doctor Libido. Volume I (A – B) author Sosnovsky Alexander Vasilievich

From the author's book

Bonny Anne (1697 – ?), Irish transvestite woman. The exact dates of birth and death are unknown. According to different sources, born between 1697 and 1705 in County Cork, Ireland. Illegitimate daughter trial attorney William Cormac and his maid