It is a great pleasure to welcome historical fiction writer Eleanor Swift-Hook back to my blog today to discuss seventeenth century England and the pirates who patrolled the waves. Thank you for your time today, Eleanor. It is lovely to be back on your blog today, Val. It is interesting how terminology changes its meanings over time. For example, today if you refer to ‘the Dunkirk spirit’ it conjures up the idea of working together, against the odds. But go back four hundred
