The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet

Jeremy R. Moss

• Publisher: Captain''s Row Books
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781646631506
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

"It is said that truth is often stranger than fiction...and Major Bonnet's story is proof of that saying. Moss breathes life into the tale of one of history's most puzzling pirates. Exhaustively researched and lively as a salty sea breeze, this book succeeds in both educating and entertaining." Laura Sook Duncome, author of Pirate Women and A Pirate's Life for She

"Moss restores Bonnet to his rightful place in the pantheon of pirate lords, warts and all. It's about time." ?Wreck Watch Magazine

How the unlikeliest of pirates came to stand among the New World's most notorious and successful pirates.

Major Stede Bonnet was living the good life by the age of 28. Bonnet was a wealthy, well-married father of three children, and the family lived on a 400-acre estate on the lush island of Barbados.

Then Bonnet had a "humor to go a-pirating," and left it all behind...

An heir to an established land-owning aristocratic family in Barbados, Major Stede Bonnet enjoyed luxuries equal to those of the finest houses in London. "A Gentleman of good Reputation" and a "Master of a plentiful Fortune," he was given "the Advantage of a liberal Education," but the call of the sea-and perhaps more significantly, the push of his obligations as a father and husband-cast Major Bonnet onto an unlikely and deliberate course toward piracy.

The real story of pirates of the Caribbean. Awash with myth-busting history, Moss tells the story of the real pirates of the Caribbean, sharing accounts of their daily life, social issues, natural disasters, political intrigues, bloody battles, and, of course, buried treasure, walking the plank, flying the Jolly Roger, pirate-speak and much more, all while weaving in interesting connections to the history of early colonial America.<

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Part I
• Chapter 1—The Making Of Major Stede Bonnet
• Chapter 2—Bonnet’s Revenge
• Chapter 3—Charles Town
• Chapter 4—The Spanish Man-Of-War
• Chapter 5—A “Nest Of Rogues”
• Chapter 6—Bonnet Meets Edward Thatch
• Chapter 7—Blackbeard Commands The Revenge
• Chapter 8—A New Flagship
• Chapter 9—The Royal Prince, The Diamond, And The King Of Great Britain
• Chapter 10—The Protestant Caesar
• Chapter 11—The Atoll At Turneffe
• Chapter 12—The Pirate Flotilla Grows
• Chapter 13—Revenge On The Protestant Caesar
• Chapter 14—The Trip Back To The North American Mainland & The Blockade Of Charleston
• Chapter 15—Blackbeard’s Trickery At Topsail Inlet
• Chapter 16—A Voyage Toward St. Thomas
• Chapter 17—Careening On The Cape Fear
• Chapter 18—Bonnet’s Incarceration
• Chapter 19—The Vice-Admiralty Court
• Chapter 20—The Trial Of Bonnet’s Crew
• Part II: The Trial of Major Stede Bonnet
• Chapter 21—Trial, Day One, November 10, 1718
• Chapter 22—Trial, Day Two, November 11, 1718
• Chapter 23—Bonnet Faces His Fate: Trial, Day Three, November 12, 1718
• Chapter 24—The Aftermath Of The Sentencing And Death Of Major Stede Bonnet
• Appendix I: A Proclamation For The Suppressing Of Pyrates
• Appendix II: The Information Of David Herriot And Ignatius Pell
• Appendix III: The Information And Affidavit of Captain Peter Manwareing
• Appendix IV: An Act For The More Speedy And Regular Trial Of Pirates
• Appendix V: A List Of Those Prizes Taken By Major Stede Bonnet And The Revenge