The Ghost Ship

KATE MOSSE

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From Kate Mosse, the number one Sunday Times bestselling Joubert Family Chronicles series continues with The Ghost Ship, a thrilling tale of piracy and a sweeping historical epic about love in a time of war.

'Another meticulously researched and stunningly written novel by a much-loved and highly accomplished author. I adored it!' - Santa MontefiorePiracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for 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 - its hull splintered and its sails tattered and burnt. For months the Ghost Ship has hunted pirates to liberate enslaved prisoners. Now it - too - finds itself hunted.But the ship's crew hides a secret, and the stakes could not be higher. The bravest among them are not who they seem: if arrested, they will hang for their alleged crimes. Can they survive their journey and escape their fate?A sweeping and epic love story, The Ghost Ship is a tale of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes, piracy and hidden secrets on the high seas.