Sea Pie by Douglas V. Duff

This book was published in 1957. Anne Bonney and Mary Reade are both described as attractive, but it is also specified that neither one is "a great beauty". Duff writes that Mary was "the more honest of the pair", while Anne "remained at heart a doxy, trading on her womanhood--Mary wanted naught better than to… Continue reading Sea Pie by Douglas V. Duff

Love and the English by Nina Epton

This book was published in 1960. Mary Read is from Cornwall and her grandfather was a sea captain. Her first husband is an officer in the military who dies within a year of their wedding. Anne Bonney meets "Captain Bonney" at a dance in Charleston. They marry secretly and she goes to sea with him.… Continue reading Love and the English by Nina Epton

Mort ou vif: Les chasses à l’homme les plus extraordinaires by Pierre Bellemare and Jean-François Nahmias

This book was published in 2007. Mary Read is born in Redruth, Cornwall. Her mother's husband was a naval officer. Mary's brother Mark dies before she is born. Read is a married name that she gets from her first husband, William Read. She leaves Europe on a Dutch merchantman transporting wheat, which is captured by… Continue reading Mort ou vif: Les chasses à l’homme les plus extraordinaires by Pierre Bellemare and Jean-François Nahmias

Historias secretas de la piratería by Ernesto Frers

This book was published in 2012. According to Frers, Mary Read's mother is an upper class woman whose son dies of a fever. Her husband also dies, and she dresses Mary as a boy to inherit money from him. Jack Rackham (also called Rackham el Rojo) works as Charles Vane's quartermaster on the ship Treasure.… Continue reading Historias secretas de la piratería by Ernesto Frers

Gente de mar by Rafael Bernal

This book was published in 1950. Mary Read's brother dies at 1 year old, and she is born 8 days later. She lives with her grandmother until the age of 16. Her husband dies drunk. Ana Bonny grows up in Charleston, where her father dresses her as a boy until she is 18. The boy… Continue reading Gente de mar by Rafael Bernal

The Devil’s Wind by Steve Goble

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

The Turks and Caicos Islands: Our Heritage, Our History by Carlton M. Mills & Debby-Lee V. Mills

This book was published in 2022. According to her bio, Mary Reid is born in Bristol. She joins the army at age 20 and her husband is her commanding officer. Their tavern is called the Drie Hoefijzers, which she sells after he dies. Anne Bonny is born in Kinsale to William Cormac and Mary Brennan.… Continue reading The Turks and Caicos Islands: Our Heritage, Our History by Carlton M. Mills & Debby-Lee V. Mills

Time Pirates

This Asylum movie first streamed on Tubi in 2022. It was written by Marc Gottlieb and directed by Anthony C. Ferrante. A magical curse transports the modern day band SM6 to the 18th century Caribbean, where they meet Anne Bonny, played by Angela Cole. Anne with another pirate, Beckett (Anna Telfer) Anne is a patron… Continue reading Time Pirates