The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet received a 5 star review by “Pirates and Privateers” and was featured in its May 2021 newsletter.
Excerpts of the review below highlight the strengths of the book as one of the few historically-accurate resources dedicated to “The Gentleman Pirate” Stede Bonnet. The full review is available here.
“Within the pages of this book, Moss shines a light on Bonnet from birth to death. Although he provides no definitive answer as to why this gentleman went on the account – Bonnet took that answer to the grave – Moss does share several hypotheses on this question. Along the way, he allows readers to see “the man behind the mask,” so to speak. For example, while we might deem Bonnet the least successful of pirates, his actual ill-gotten booty would equate to between five and six million dollars today.”
“The Life and Tryals of Major Stede Bonnet is an absorbing revelation of a pirate who often gets short shrift in histories of the golden age of piracy. It serves as an excellent review of this man and his life, as well a methodical examination of imprudent choices and the resultant consequences of them.”
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