Article VI of the Pirate Code of Conduct forbade "women or boys aboard ship." No exceptions, the punishment of death awaited any crewmember caught breaking this rule. Anne Bonny was an exception to this rule. Yes, a woman, but first and foremost, she was a pirate. She was born the illegitimate daughter of a prominent lawyer in County Cork, Ireland and raised in the American colony of Carolina. Anne Bonny's remarkable life took her from being the mistress of a wealthy plantation owner, through marriage, infidelity, poverty, and the violent life of piracy. Knowing that he was at the risk of his...