- Paperback: 195 pages
- Publisher: Tuckwell Press (September 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1862322473
- ISBN-13: 978-1862322479
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.6 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,712,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
This biography of Grace O'Malley, the unofficial pirate queen of Ireland in the 16th century, will delight readers with its spine-tingling accounts of plunder, piracy, kidnapping, and royal acquaintances. From her early marriage to her near hanging, O'Malley's life is extraordinary and provides for a captivating read.
About the Author
Judith Cook is a crime writer and investigative journalist.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
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Could have been so much better, April 15 2008
By S. Radler - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pirate Queen: The Life Of Grace O'Malley (Paperback)
Having just visited the Clew Bay area of County Mayo, I bought this book hoping for an interesting read about the life of Grace O'Malley and was sorely disappointed. The book is about 5% Grace and 95% general Irish history of the era, which, while important, makes for very dry reading at times. Furthermore, the book suffers from occasional mangled grammar and glaring factual errors, for example, referring to two men once as being uncle-nephew and later as being step-brothers. Although several people in the narrative do have the same name, this kind of mistake is inexcusable if a competent editor had been on board.Furthermore, the index is woefully incomplete and the one supplied map is not very helpful. There is no scale -- a cardinal sin when printing any map -- and many places and castles mentioned in the book are not on the map at all; their inclusion would have added a lot to my comprehension.
Sail past this book if you want a lively read about Grace O'Malley.
2.0 out of 5 stars
pirate queen,not so much, May 22 2012
By Mary Ellen Snyder "mary ellen" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Pirate Queen: The Life Of Grace O'Malley (Paperback)
too wordy and to much factual rather than story, not much about Grace O'malley more about the era. I was disappointed looking for more story like book
5 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Pirates in history, April 13 2005
By Erin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pirate Queen: The Life of Grace O'Malley 1530-1603 (Paperback)
This book on Grace O'Malley is a very well written book. If you're into adventure read this story Grace O'Malley. I traced back my family history and I'm actually related to her. I'm an O'Malley too.
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