This installment in the Spider John mystery series was published in 2018 and features Anne Bonny as a suspect in the central murder. She wants to kill a pirate named Wicked Pete Reese for unexplained reasons. A different pirate, Sam Smoke, takes a job on the ship Austen Castle, and Anne assumes he is going… Continue reading The Devil’s Wind by Steve Goble
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Fire on Dark Water by Wendy K. Perriman
This novel was published in 2011. The story is told from the point of view of Lola, the servant stabbed by Anne Bonny, whose father William Cormac grows rice on a plantation called Black River. Anne is a brat but teaches Lola to read and write. Anne's mother Mary gets "marsh fever" and dies when… Continue reading Fire on Dark Water by Wendy K. Perriman
The Sweet Trade by Elizabeth Garrett/The Only Life That Mattered by James L. Nelson
This book was first published in 2001 as The Sweet Trade credited to Elizabeth Garrett. It was republished in 2004 under the name James L. Nelson as The Only Life That Mattered: The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack Rackam. Anne's parents are William Cormac and Peg Brennan. Anne… Continue reading The Sweet Trade by Elizabeth Garrett/The Only Life That Mattered by James L. Nelson
Pirates by Robert Boyczuk
This story was first published in the Spring 2003 issue of Descant. The story is told from the perspective of Bartholomew Roberts, who finds a trail of destruction left in the wake of the Bachelor's Delight, an all-woman pirate ship captained jointly by Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Bartholomew is afraid of women and has… Continue reading Pirates by Robert Boyczuk
The Strange Voyage of the Lady Dee by Mary Jane Higby
This episode of CBS Radio Mystery Theater was first broadcast on November 18, 1974. A modern family is on vacation in the Caribbean and they encounter the ghost of Anne Bonny, who is played by Margaret Barker. The father, Richard, buys a boat and takes them out for a spin. He tells the daughter, Susie,… Continue reading The Strange Voyage of the Lady Dee by Mary Jane Higby
Women-at-Arms: Their Famous Exploits Throughout the Ages by Reginald Hargreaves
This hilarious book was published in 1930. Hargreaves writes that Anne Bonny and Mary Read because "The appeal to a woman of quick returns, whether emotional or financial, has rarely been known to fail. If she subsequently discovers that they carry with them the inevitable proviso of small profits, her natural talent for living from… Continue reading Women-at-Arms: Their Famous Exploits Throughout the Ages by Reginald Hargreaves
Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast by Nancy Roberts
This book was published in 1993. Roberts writes that "The stories in this book are designed to draw the most authentic pictures possible" using "conversations one can imagine taking place". The Anne Bonny chapter is framed as a story related by John Fenwick (a descendant of Robert Fenwick who owned Fenwick Castle in South Carolina).… Continue reading Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast by Nancy Roberts
The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
This novel was published in 1983. The story is a burlesque spoof of swashbuckler movies about a Navy officer named Ben Avery who is tasked with delivering a gift from Charles II to the king of Madagascar, but is intercepted by a syndicate of pirates. Calico Jack is more or less the leader of the… Continue reading The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones by Erica Jong
This mock 18th century novel was published in 1980. It is presented as the memoir of a poet named Fanny, who claims to be the inspiration for Fanny Hill and A Harlot's Progress. Fanny experiences an endless string of adventures from meeting witches to highway robbery to sex work to rescuing her kidnapped baby and… Continue reading Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones by Erica Jong
The Fire and the Rope by Alison York
This exploitative novel was published in 1979. The paperback jacket bills it as "the passionate novel of two pirates," with two women's faces, presumably meant to be Anne and Mary, but the book is strictly Anne's story and Mary is only in it briefly. Anne's father is John Bonney and his wife is named Heather… Continue reading The Fire and the Rope by Alison York
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 