The Determined by Rachel Rueckert (Paperback)

The Determined is a historical novel by Rachel Rueckert based on the real lives of the infamous pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. In 1721 in Spanish Town, Jamaica, a captured and pregnant Anne awaits the gallows and strikes a deal with writer Captain Charles Johnson: her story in exchange for a doctor for Mary, who is sick with prison fever. Their tale shows how life at sea gave them rare freedom.