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

Jeremy R. Moss

• Publisher: Captain''s Row Books
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781646631506
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Historia
• Subtopic: Historia militar y marítima

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.

Easily likable, by friend and foe, many would be drawn to Bonnet. In his two short years of piracy, Stede Bonnet stood alongside some of the New World's most notorious pirates, including Charles Vane, Charles Condent (also known as "Billy One-Hand"), Robert Deal, "Calico" John Rackham, Israel Hands, Benjamin Hornigold, William Kidd, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, and the pirate to whom Bonnet would forever be connected, Edward Thatch (infamously known around the world as "Blackbeard"). Follow Major Bonnet through his improbable and exciting journey in the Golden Age of Piracy.

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