The Weird History Podcast

236 Piracy in the South China Sea with Rita Chang-Eppig


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By all reasonable metrics Shek Yeung, who raided the South China Sea in the early 1800s, is one of the most successful pirates of all time. In her new novel Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea author Rita Chang-Eppig tells a fictionalized version of the pirate queen’s life, her rise to power, and her relationship with powers both temporal and spiritual.

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The Weird History PodcastBy Joe Streckert