Our Flag Means Death – who was the real ‘gentleman pirate’?

Who was the real Stede Bonnet and just how accurate is the HBO series starring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby?

Terry Goldsworthy, Bond University and Gaelle Brotto

A gentleman that has had the advantage of of a liberal education and being generally esteemed as a Man of Letters.

For reasons unknown, Bonnet in 1717 decided the life of a plantation owner was no longer for him and purchased a small ten-gun sailing vessel, called it the Revenge, and embarked on a career of piracy.

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