Piracy. Romance. Revenge.
Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their love and their lives.
The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse.
The Barbary Coast, 1621.
A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water.
It is known only as the Ghost Ship.
For months, its captain – Louise Reydon-Joubert – and her courageous crew has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved during the course of their merciless raids.
But 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 them are not who they seem.
Louise is fleeing a miscarriage of justice; her lover, Gilles Barenton, is at risk of being exposed – she is forced to masquerade as her brother.
The stakes could not be higher: if arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes.
Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?
A sweeping and epic queer love story, ranging from France 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.
‘Another meticulously researched and stunningly written novel by a much-loved and highly accomplished author. I adored it!’ – Santa Montefiore
‘The Ghost Ship is utterly absorbing. I couldn’t put it down’ – Louise Minchin
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