Women Sailors and Sailors' Women An Untold Maritime History

David Cordingly was for twelve years on the staff of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, where he was curator of paintings and then head of exhibitions. His book Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates is considered the definitive account of the great age of piracy. He is a graduate of Oxford and received his doctorate from the University of Sussex. Cordingly now works as a writer, and lives with his wife and family by the sea in SussexCordingly, David is the author of 'Women Sailors and Sailors' Women An Untold Maritime History', published 2007 under ISBN 9780375758720 and ISBN 0375758720.