Shortlisted for the 2024 British Book Awards in the Book of the Year - Fiction Category
Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their love and their lives in the sequel to The Burning Chambers and The City of Tears by bestseller Kate Mosse. The Ghost Ship is the third historical novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles series.
The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months it has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved during the course of their merciless raids, manned by a courageous crew of mariners from Italy and France, Holland, and the Canary Islands.
And now the Ghost Ship is under attack - its hull splintered, its sails tattered and burnt, and the crew at risk of capture. But the bravest among those on board are not who they seem, and the stakes could not be higher. If arrested, they will be hanged for their alleged crimes. Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?
A sweeping and epic love story, ranging from Paris and La Rochelle in 1610, to Amsterdam and the Canary Islands in the 1620s, The Ghost Ship is a thrilling novel of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes and hidden secrets on the high seas. Most of all, it is a tale of defiant women in a man's world.
Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their love and their lives in the sequel to The Burning Chambers and The City of Tears by bestseller Kate Mosse. The Ghost Ship is the third historical novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles series.
The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months it has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved during the course of their merciless raids, manned by a courageous crew of mariners from Italy and France, Holland, and the Canary Islands.
And now the Ghost Ship is under attack - its hull splintered, its sails tattered and burnt, and the crew at risk of capture. But the bravest among those on board are not who they seem, and the stakes could not be higher. If arrested, they will be hanged for their alleged crimes. Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?
A sweeping and epic love story, ranging from Paris and La Rochelle in 1610, to Amsterdam and the Canary Islands in the 1620s, The Ghost Ship is a thrilling novel of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes and hidden secrets on the high seas. Most of all, it is a tale of defiant women in a man's world.
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