Collection: Blackbeard & 12th Wife

Collection of Pirate Love Tales was born while reading the most fascinating naval legends and stories.

From the West Indies to New England, Blackbeard's mere twenty-seven-month career earned him immortality as the most fearsome pirates of all. He is said to have at least 12 wives scattered from the Lesser Antilles to New England. Wanna hear one his love stories? Blackbeard is said to have fallen in love with a beautiful girl who spurned his love for that of a handsome seaman. To indicate her love of the seaman, she gave him her ring to wear on his left hand. Sometime later, the sailor's ship was taken by Blackbeard, who immediately recognized his rival and promptly cut off his hand. Placing it in an ornate silver box, he sent it off to the young lady. She fainted away when she opened the box, and shortly afterward died of a broken heart.