Rachel Wall

<p>She was born on the windswept farms of Pennsylvania and died beneath the gallows in Boston. But in between Rachel Wall lived a life that defied scripture society and history itself.</p><p>From the creaking pews of Presbyterian sermons to the blood-slicked decks of a pirate schooner Rachel's story unfolds with chilling accuracy and brutal beauty. Married to a charming sailor who lured her into a life of crime Rachel became the bait in a deadly game-luring ships with cries for help only to watch their crews slaughtered and treasures seized.</p><p>Twelve ships. Twenty-four dead. One woman at the center of it all.</p><p>But Rachel's crimes did not end at sea. After her husband's death she walked the shadows of Boston as a thief a ghost and a legend in the making. When the final arrest came it was not for murder-but for a bonnet. And for that she was hanged.</p><p><em>Rachel Wall: A Bonnet for the Gallows</em> is a sweeping historically accurate novel that pulls no punches offering an unflinching look at the real events behind America's first-and last-female pirate execution.</p><p>Includes a factual timeline of Rachel Wall's life to help dispel the many myths history has twisted around her name.<br><br>One of the most chilling portraits of female piracy ever written. This isn't fantasy it's a eulogy with salt. Penny Nicholson Historian</p>