2. True Edge

2. True Edge

From The Ballad Of Anne & Mary by Long Cat Media

May 6, 2021 · 33 min · Season 1 · Episode 2

About this episode

In this episode, Anne Bonny recounts her arrival in Nassau and her decision to join Jack Rackham's crew, while Nathaniel Mist navigates his dealings with Jonathan Barnet.

Previously: Journalist Nathaniel Mist arrives at Newgate Prison to interview Anne Bonny and Mary Read for the book he is co-writing with Jonathan Barnet, the privateer who captured the pirates' ship Revenge. Unexpectedly, Barnet decides not to visit the pirates, and the two agree to meet at King's Coffee House later that night. Mist discovers that Read is ill with a fever, so he turns his attention to Bonny. After much clashing, Bonny declares that she will only tell her story if Mist passes letters between her and Read. He reluctantly agrees. She begins with her early life - growing up a bastard child in a cruel house, and running away at an early age with her new husband John Bonny to the pirate stronghold Nassau. She also tells Mist of Read's time in the British army, where she went by 'Mark Read', and her ensuing love for fellow soldier, Daniel. In this episode: Their deal now struck, Anne Bonny tells Nathaniel Mist of her arrival in Nassau, where she leaves her double-crossing husband and joins Jack Rackham's crew. When raiding an English passenger ship, they take a new recruit: an enigmatic soldier who calls himself 'Mark Read'. Meanwhile, Mist finds himself trapped in…

People in this episode

Hosts: Long Cat Media, Nathaniel Mist

Guests: Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Christina Bianco, Sooz Kempner, Karl Queensborough, Le Gateau Chocolat, John Henry Falle

Topics covered

  • piracy
  • historical fiction
  • female pirates
  • adventure
  • interpersonal relationships

Keywords

  • Anne Bonny
  • Mary Read
  • Nassau
  • Jack Rackham
  • pirate crew

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