As a professor in the American history department at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr Jennifer Burleigh is an expert on the subject of piracy in colonial America. She has spent the last 10 years, searching for insight and understanding into the life of the long forgotten historical figure which is Anne Bonny. Through carefully chosen, authenticated and curated artefacts, Burleigh tells the real story of Anne Bonny, fearsome pirate of the 18th century.