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Amazing Grace: The Story of Grace O'Malley the Notorious Pirate Woman
Amazing Grace The Story of Grace O'Malley the Notorious Pirate Woman Author:Hugo N. Gerstl A WOMAN THAT HATH IMPUDENTLY PASSED THE PART OF WOMANHOOD AND BEEN A GREAT SPOILER AND CHIEF COMMANDER AND DIRECTOR OF THIEVES AND MURDERERS AT SEA ... SHE HATH BEEN THE MOTHER OF ALL REBELLIONS FOR FORTY YEARS ... GRACE O?MALLEY, the ?Pirate Queen of Connaught,? was thus vilified by those English authorities who tried to bring stubborn, recalci... more »trant Ireland to its knees in the Sixteenth Century. Twice married, twice widowed, a passionate lover, gambler, pirate, sea captain, politician, mother of heroes, and, above all, a symbol of the indomitable human spirit and Irish independence. She was a force to be reckoned with by anyone ? man, woman, even the sovereign of England, who tried to cross her path. AMAZING GRACE swaggered boldly across the world stage for more than seventy years.« less