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1) Lady smoke
Author
Series
Ash princess novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The Kaiser murdered Theodosia's mother, the Fire Queen, when Theo was only six. He took Theo's country and kept her prisoner, crowning her Ash Princess--a pet to toy with and humiliate for ten long years. That era has ended. The Kaiser thought his prisoner weak and defenseless. He didn't realize that a sharp mind is the deadliest weapon. Theo no longer wears a crown of ashes. She has taken back her rightful title, and a hostage--Prinz Søren. But...
Author
Series
Charles Towne belles volume 1
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Captain Dajon Waite is asked to take guardianship of Faith Westcott--lady by day and pirate along the Carolina coast by night--and her sisters, will he be able to save Faith and his own reputation from the schemes of rival Sir Wilhelm Carteret?
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the first-ever Seven Seas history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside -- and sometimes in command of -- their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom. History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until...
Author
Series
Daughter of the pirate king volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Alosa is the daughter of the Siren Queen, and her mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders. Now Alosa and her crew are in a deadly race with Vordan, the pirate king, to find...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 318 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1819, kidnapped chef Owen Wedgwood transforms meager shipboard supplies into sumptuous meals at the behest of his kidnapper, pirate queen Mad Hannah Mabbot, while she pushes her exhausted crew to track down a deadly privateer.
Author
Series
Amina al-Sirafi novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
While trying to settle into a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural, Amina al-Sirafi, one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates, is offered a job she cannot refuse, but soon discovers this final chance at glory comes with a high price--her soul.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of fact-filled profiles, poetry, and illustrations of women pirates who made their mark on the high seas. Each profile includes an original poem presented against a backdrop of full-color art by illustrator Sara Woolley Gomez. The profile is followed by information about the real life and times of these daring women"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A hellion on the run. Lady India Sinclair will stop at nothing to live life on her own terms--even stealing a ship and fleeing to the Mediterranean. At last on her own, free to do as she pleases, she is determined to chart her own course. There's only one problem...a gentleman determined to possess her. Nicholas Warre has made a deal. To save his endangered estate, he will find Lady India, marry her and bring her back to England at the behest of...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet. But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the early 1800s. When pirates attacked her town and the captain took a liking to her, she saw a way out. Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. Over the next decade, the pirate queen built a fleet of over 1,800 ships and 70,000 men. On land...
18) The sweet trade
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
20) Fan-tan
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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