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Major Stede Bonnet was an authentic pirate of the Caribbean.  However, he was also a landowner and gentleman of Barbados, and the only pirate to have purchased his own ship.  Historians have always been perplexed by the enigma he presents.

           Drawing inspiration from documents written at the time, the author has created a complex figure whose character emerges through the letters gathered together by the Governor of Charleston, Carolina, at the time of Bonnet’s controversial trial.  The letters lead us deep into the turbulence of his times, a Caribbean turmoil, with an unsettled Europe as its background –peopled by Bonnet’s confederates such as the notorious Captain Teach – and Israel Hands – a real pirate whose name was pilfered by Stevenson for Treasure Island – along with many others.

           We also make acquaintance with his wife through her letters, culled from a separate archive, which deal with his friends and his enemies among the corrupt “plantocracy” of Barbados.  The result is an engrossing tale, set against a backdrop of skulduggery where the machinations of a privileged aristocracy are always equal to the depredations of the “brethren of the coast”.

Major Stede Bonnet is my pirate novel, written more than twenty years ago. Click on the link to read it for free. I suggest turning off the sound and expanding the text. Click on the arrow in the lower right hand corner to turn the pages. You soon get the hang of it.