About this episode
Anne Bonny and Mary Read were pirates who sailed the Caribbean in the early 18th century. For both of them, piracy offered a chance at a freedom otherwise disallowed to women. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors , Professor Suzannah Lipscomb learns more about Bonny and Read from the novelist Francesca de Torres - author of Saltblood , which recreates Mary Read's life - and Dr. Rebecca Simon who wrote the first full-scale biography of the two women. This episode was edited by Ella Blaxill and produced by Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 per month for 3 months with code TUDORS - sign up here: https://www.historyhit.com/subscription/ . You can take part in our listener survey here: https://uk.surveymonkey.com/r/6FFT7MK . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.