#OnThisDay in #history - in 1343, Jeanne de Clisson took up a life of piracy to avenge her husband's execution at the hands of Philip VI. She sold her lands, hired men, and attacked the possessions of those who had murdered her husband. She procured three warships and painted them black. Her flagship was named My Revenge, and she harried French ships, killing all but one sailor on each boat to carry her message.
She became known as the Lioness of Brittany. #OTD#histodons#France@histodons
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Amazing story.
Instead I fear we'll get the Hollywood version, with a controversially mis-cast lead, a clumsily handled romantic subplot, and a million man-babies bashing keyboards online wailing that "the feminist agenda" is ruining their fantasies of "manly" pirates. Sigh.
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