The 18th century was a great time for pirates. The Golden Age of Piracy (golden for pirates, that is)
lasted from about 1650 – 1720, and it a lot of the most (in)famous names we know today came from
those years: Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, Grace O’Malley (Gráinne Mhaol), Anne Bonny, Mary
Read…As you may have noticed, those last three names are all pirate women, and that puts
Fena: Pirate Princess on the right side of history, even if the story takes place in an alternate version of
the 18th century. In fact, judging by the one historical reference made in the second episode, a mention
of “the Spanish War,” we can put this show down as taking place sometime towards the waning years
of the Golden Age, since the most likely war is the War of Spanish Succession, which took place in
1701-1714.
So that makes my not-so-inner history nerd happy. But the more important…
