Anne Bonny
Anne was just a teenager when she left her hometown, Cork, in Ireland, to go to the British colonies, and at sixteen she was on her way to the Western Indies next to her new husband, Mr. Jack Bonny, a young man but robust of about 20 years. The couple arrived in Nasáu in April 1716, establishing themselves with an uncertain idea of the future of their lives. Jack finally found work in one of the small plantations, while Anne cultivated her ability to launch and dream awake. Unfortunately, her beauty, her distancing and her incredible indifference to the decorum made her a greater romantic attention than she had ever met or desired. A year after arriving in Nassau, the Bonny's marriage was in ruins, a union only in the name. While Jack is
About Anne Bonny
Anne was just a teenager when she left her hometown, Cork, in Ireland, to go to the British colonies, and at sixteen she was on her way to the Western Indies next to her new husband, Mr. Jack Bonny, a young man but robust of about 20 years. The couple arrived in Nasáu in April 1716, establishing themselves with an uncertain idea of the future...Read more