The pirate queen
Subtitle: in search of Grace O'Malley and other legendary women of the sea
By: Barbara Sjoholm
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Emeryville, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9781580051095
Subjects: Women pirates; Biography; History
Description: "The Pirate Queen begins in Ireland with the notorious Grace O'Malley, scourge to the most powerful fleets of sixteenth-century Europe. This Irish clan chieftain and pirate queen was a contemporary of Elizabeth I, and a figure whose life is the stuff of myth. Regularly raiding English ships caught off Ireland's west coast, she commanded two hundred men (and a couple of husbands), and acquired lands and castles that still dot the Irish coastline today." "But Grace O'Malley was not alone, especially in the waters of the North Atlantic where author Barbara Sjoholm traveled through coastal communities and seafaring ports to collect these little-known stories. Since ancient times, women have rowed and sailed, commanded and fished, built boats and owned fleets. The Pirate Queen brings some of these heroines back to life, including Leif Eiriksson's explorer sister Freydis, and Trouser-Beret, the Norwegian fishing captain. Sjoholm takes readers on a journey from the Irish coast through the Shetlands and Faroes to the fjords of Iceland and Norway."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-349).
Table of contents: title: Grace O'Malley's castle, Clare Island, Ireland; title: The pirate queen, Clew Bay, Ireland; title: At the edge of the sea cauldron, from Oban to the Pentland Firth; title: Raising the wind, Kirkwall, the Orkney Islands; title: Herring lassies, Stronsay, the Orkney Islands; title: A man's world, Stromness, the Orkney Islands; title: Enchantment, from the Orkney Islands to the Shetland Islands; title: The lonely voyage of Betty Mouat, Sumburgh Head, the Shetland Islands; title: Seagoing charm school, Unst and Yell, the Shetland Islands; title: Halibut woman, the Faroe Islands; title: Aud the deep-minded, from the Faroe Islands to Iceland; title: Caught in the net, Reykjavík and the Westmann Islands, Iceland; title: Iceberg travel, Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland; title: Leif's unlucky sister, Reykjavík and Glaumbær, Iceland; title: A woman without a boat is a prisoner, Tálknafjördur, Iceland; title: Seawim, Tjøme, Norway; title: Trouser-Beret, Drag, Norway; title: Statue of a woman staring out to sea, Norwegian coastal voyage.