This book was published in 2007. Mary Read continues dressing as a boy after the death of her not-grandmother because apparently only boys could work for money. She fights in the War of Spanish Succession. Franck says Anne Bonny is 1.85 meters tall and weighs 100 kilograms. In 1719 Anne marries James Bonny. She burns… Continue reading Leven onder het doodshoofd: Het échte verhaal van de piraten by Ed Franck
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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
Pirates: Scourge of the Seas by John Reeve Carpenter
This book was published in 2006 and owes much of its Bonny-Rackam-Read story to Mistress of the Seas. Anne Bonny is born in 1700 to William Cormac and Peg Brennan and they move to South Carolina. Peg dies when Anne is a teenager. Anne marries James when she is 16 and follows the Mistress of… Continue reading Pirates: Scourge of the Seas by John Reeve Carpenter
Wicked Charleston: The Dark Side of the Holy City by Mark R. Jones
This book was published in 2005. Jones credits Susan Baker for his recitation of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, and he sticks pretty close to her story. Mary is born in London in the mid 1670s. Her mother raises her as a boy to get an inheritance. As a teenager they struggle to keep the… Continue reading Wicked Charleston: The Dark Side of the Holy City by Mark R. Jones
Anne Bonny, Piratin by Manfred Theisen
This young adult novel was published in 2001. Theisen attributes the General History to Daniel Defoe, whom he says met Anne Bonny personally. He says Anne was still alive at the time of its writing, and Defoe was not detailed about her life in order to protect her. Most of the story is owed to… Continue reading Anne Bonny, Piratin by Manfred Theisen
The Encyclopedia of Amazons: Women Warriors From Antiquity to the Modern Era by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
This book was published in 1991 and includes entries for Anne Bonney and Mary Read, citing as references Mistress of the Seas, Women Remembered, Histoire de la piraterie, and Women of the Sea. Salmonson claims that Anne was a lesbian, which is "the one thing reporters are loathe to tell about" her. She says Anne… Continue reading The Encyclopedia of Amazons: Women Warriors From Antiquity to the Modern Era by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Pirates by Mark Lee
This play was first performed in 1991. It stages a contemporary storyline about a historian alongside events in the life of Anne Bonney. As a child Anne lived as a boy for eight years. At some point her father taught her to fence. Her family lived in Charleston before she ran away from her father… Continue reading Pirates by Mark Lee
Piratinnen/Women Pirates by Ulrike Klausmann and Marion Meinzerin
This book was originally published in German in 1992. In 1997 it was translated into English and bound with an essay by Gabriel Kuhn under the title Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger. Anne Bonny and Mary Read each have their own chapters, inspired heavily by Mistress of the Seas. Like some… Continue reading Piratinnen/Women Pirates by Ulrike Klausmann and Marion Meinzerin
Serial Killers: The Insatiable Passion by David Lester
This book was published in 1995. In a chapter on serially killing robbers, Lester includes a biography of Anne Bonny which is a faithful summary of Mistress of the Seas.
Abendteuer auf See: Über Piratinnen und andere Seefrauen/Das Meer gehört uns by Helga Helsper
This book was published in 1991 under the title Abendteuer auf See, and was republished in 2004 as Das Meer gehört uns. It includes biographies of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, referring explicitly to Pamela Jekel and Susan Baker. Mary's grandmother does not bequeath her anything because she thought Mary was a badly behaved child.… Continue reading Abendteuer auf See: Über Piratinnen und andere Seefrauen/Das Meer gehört uns by Helga Helsper
Depictions of John Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read 