This month our question was who was Charlotte de Berry. She was a pirate. To quote our source:
“De Berry’s legendary exploits include killing a British navy captain, taking charge of his ship, and converting the crew to piracy.” However, to further quote our source: “Charlotte de Berry may have actually lived, or she may be a totally fictional character created by Edward Lloyd in History of the Pirates, published in 1836. Lloyd’s history is the first written source to mention de Berry and did not appear until two hundred years after her birth; it appears odd that so much time would pass with no reference to her. Furthermore, the book contains many anachronisms and appears to have drawn stories from other fictions. Lloyd’s book is the source for information about de Berry in later books.”
Real or not we
found out about her from Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives. This ebook can be found on the library’s
Research page search for it by
title and access it with your library card.
