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
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Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas by Sam Maggs and Kendra Wells
This comic book was published in 2021. The story is set explicitly in 1715, at which point Anne Bonny has broken up with Jack Rackham and now captains a crew on which her lover Mary Read serves as quartermaster. Mary Read goes just by Read and is never referred to with third person pronouns, but… Continue reading Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas by Sam Maggs and Kendra Wells
Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag by Oliver Bowden
This tie-in novel to Assassin's Creed IV was published in 2013. It follows the events of the game (not including the 21st century framing story), narrated by Edward Kenway. Mary is in Nassau in September 1715, during the cutscene from the game when Edward tells Blackbeard and Benjamin Hornigold about the Observatory. Like in the… Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag by Oliver Bowden
Promises: Based on a True Experience With Schizophrenia by Adam Jack Pelley
This novel was published in 2010 and features a passage from the point of view of Jack Rackham during the days surrounding his arrest, by which time he and Anne Bonny have sailed together for years. She and Mary Read are both quartermasters. A few days before his arrest Jack has been drinking for several… Continue reading Promises: Based on a True Experience With Schizophrenia by Adam Jack Pelley
Piratas en el Caribe by Hugo Vargas
This book was published in 2007. Anne Bonny is sailing with John Rackam when he presses Mary Read off of an English ship on which she served as an officer. Anne's father gets her out of jail and she lives in Jamaica, where she eventually dies of a fever.
Lady Pirate by Mireille Calmel
Both interminable installments in this absolutely insane duology, Les valets du roi and La parade des ombres, were published in 2005. Mary's mother is named Cecily, who married John Read. Their son is named Mary Oliver. Mary's father is named Tom. When Mary is born and Tom disappears, Cecily and her children move to Hull… Continue reading Lady Pirate by Mireille Calmel
The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation by Judy Chicago
This book about Judy Chicago's art installation was published in 2007. The book includes a brief biography of Anne Bonney and Mary Read, whose names were included on the installation. Mary is born in 1690 and Anne in either 1697 or 1698. Anne's maiden name is Cormac and she marries James Bonney when she is… Continue reading The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation by Judy Chicago
American Disguise by Eric Renner
This book was published in 2007. Renner writes that Mary Read was born in 1684 in Devon. Mary's mother dresses her as a boy to get an inheritance, which was spent by the time Mary was 12. She starts working as a cabin boy in 1696, then serves in the army two years later. Anne… Continue reading American Disguise by Eric Renner
mental_floss Presents: Forbidden Knowledge
This book was published in 2005. Anne Bonney is born in 1700 and her father's plantation is in South Carolina. Mary Read is an officer on Jack Rackham's crew when Anne has a crush on her. The pirates are arrested in 1722.
Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives From History by Marian Broderick
This book was published in 2001. Anne Bonny's parents are William Cormac and Mary Brennan. Anne is born "c. 1698". They move to Charleston. Anne cheats on James with "a succession of lovers" before she hooks up with John Rackham. When Anne meets Mary Read, Mary is an officer on Jack's crew.
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 