Dr. Rebecca Simon FRHistS
@Beckalex
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Pirate historian, Find me elsewhere: | @piratebeckalex.bsky.social | Threads: @piratebeckalex
Los Angeles, CA
Joined April 2009
ICYMI, my new book, The Pirates' Code: Life and Laws Aboard Ship, is now out in the UK! I loved writing this more than any other project & I hope you enjoy it! As always, if you enjoy it, please leave an Amazon review, which is a huge help to authors. https://t.co/uxSpwRE9jX
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Join Josh on his adventure to uncover new clues pointing to pirate Anne Bonny's legendary booty on #ExpeditionUnknown, starting now!
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TONIGHT: join the hunt for the lost treasure of history’s fiercest female pirate! All-new #expeditionunknown at 9pm on @Discovery!
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ICYMI, you can watch my talk about my book, Pirates’ Code, for the @YorkFestofIdeas on YouTube! https://t.co/zx5RdUahxC
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TONIGHT! Discover all about Pirates' Code me hearties, with Rebecca Simon - free and online! ☠️
TOMORROW! June 11, 6 pm BST/10 am PST, come to a free online webinar to see me speak about my book and all things Pirates’ Code at the York Festival of ideas! Get you ticket at this link. @YorkFestofIdeas @reaktionbooks
https://t.co/Fpvi31cRfL
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TOMORROW! June 11, 6 pm BST/10 am PST, come to a free online webinar to see me speak about my book and all things Pirates’ Code at the York Festival of ideas! Get you ticket at this link. @YorkFestofIdeas @reaktionbooks
https://t.co/Fpvi31cRfL
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What was life really like aboard a pirate ship? Join historian Rebecca Simon for a rollicking account of pirates’ codes - the strict rules essential for survival at sea.
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The #Kickstarter has gone live! Pledge your support for the first comic issue of Fang Hunters, a group of intergalactic vampire hunters! https://t.co/floJo29R7p
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A science fiction comic book series about a batch of eccentric vampire hunters who hop backwater planets and get paid by the fang
Non-history plug: If you like comic books and want to read about a group of intergalactic vampire hunters (think Firefly meets Cowboy Bebop meets Buffy), please support my husband’s Kickstarter campaign by following his page! officially launches May 1st! https://t.co/floJo29R7p
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Non-history plug: If you like comic books and want to read about a group of intergalactic vampire hunters (think Firefly meets Cowboy Bebop meets Buffy), please support my husband’s Kickstarter campaign by following his page! officially launches May 1st! https://t.co/floJo29R7p
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A science fiction comic book series about a batch of eccentric vampire hunters who hop backwater planets and get paid by the fang
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@Beckalex I loved your Capt. Kidd book so much that I had to get this one! Can't wait to read it!
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I said I wouldn’t be active on here, but I gotta change it to limited because BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. Historian Jamie Goodall and I have teamed up to co-write a book called “Pirates and Privateering in 50 Objects,” examining links between material culture, plunder, & the maritime world
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I’m sad but grateful for the people I’ve met and the opportunities I’ve had thanks to this site over the last 15 years. But Twitter is done and it’s time for new chapters. You can find me on Bluesky: @piratebeckalex.bsky.social Threads: @piratebeckalex See you there, tweeps ✌️
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Did I spend too much money ordering this? Yes. Do I care? Absolutely not.
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A day of doing some pirate work brought me to the oldest liquor store in America
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It looks like loads of us are moving over to Bluesky as X gets worse. You can find me on there: @piratebeckalex.bsky.social. And for those of you on Threads, which is such a happy place it seems, I’m also on there as @piratebeckalex 🖕you, Musk.
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My article, 'Mutiny on Trial', uses High Court of Admiralty records to analyse social and legal dynamics on ship and ashore in the seventeenth century:
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Abstract. This article offers a new interpretation of mutiny, and of the ways in which this concept was defined and implemented in maritime law during the
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Every day I’m more and more glad not be Christian and, especially, to not be in a Christian marriage.
In a Christian marriage, a wife should vote according to her husband’s direction. He is the head and they are one. Unity extends to politics. This is not controversial.
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Pirates have been long associated with chests overflowing with coins. But did they make their fortunes in silver and are there chests of treasure still out there? Find out in Coins and the Sea episode 6! Listen here: https://t.co/6MgQbzc58a Feat. @historywomble & @NordgrenEric
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We...do, though. I don't know why this persists. We use both stove top and electric kettles. Some people also boil water in a pan or (god forbid) microwave their water, but ffs, we're not in the dark ages; we've got home goods stores. We've got amazon. We buy and use kettles.
I’ve just been told Americans don’t use electric kettles. What?! A quick google does not clarify the question at all. Do Americans use kettles? If not how do you make coffee or tea? ☕️
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🏴☠️ Authors and leading piracy experts @BritVandeBerg, @katherinebhowe and Rebecca Simon (@Beckalex) discuss the legacy of women living—and thriving—amongst pirates. Fri, Oct 25 at 12 pm | Online Register: https://t.co/5WntvjpKVK
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