Seafaring Women - Book
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An action-packed narrative of the adventures of pirates queens, female stowaways and sailor's wives at sea. An astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail and this myth-breaking book is long overdue.
Seafaring Women - Book
$18.00
David Cordingly is an English naval historian with a special interest in pirates, who spent twelve years as Keeper of Pictures and Head of Exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. In Seafaring Women he turns to the women who went to sea in the age of sail, drawing on his deep knowledge of maritime history.
Pirate queens, stowaways and sailors' wives all have a place in his story, which is a great read for anyone interested in the history of navigation and the people who made it. This is a 274-page paperback from Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Book Details
- Author: David Cordingly
- Pages: 274 pages
- Dimensions: 5 x 8 in.
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher/Distributor: Penguin/Random House
- ISBN: 9780375758720