- Published: 6 September 2012
- ISBN: 9781448118908
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 448
Mistress of the Sea
- Published: 6 September 2012
- ISBN: 9781448118908
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 448
A fascinating look at a "lost" adventure of English sea-faring--exotic, savage, and altogether engrossing
Diana Gabaldon
Fantastic, really fantastic. Very exciting, and moving, vivid characters, great ending
Richard Lee, founder of the Historical Novel Society
Beautifully written and researched, this tale of desire, revenge, piracy, war and valour is so evocative we can taste salt on our skin and hear the swoop of sails overhead as we're swept up into a high-stakes adventure unlike any we've read before
C.W. Gortner, author of The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
A fascinating look at a "lost" adventure of English sea-faring--exotic, savage, and altogether engrossing
Diana Gabaldon, author of the bestselling Outlander series (Cross Stitch, UK)
A captivating and well researched tale of love, duty, and the consequences of actions, set against a vividly described New World
Editor's Choice, Historical Novels Review
Brings together all the best elements of historical writing and breathes new life into the craft of epic storytelling. Sharply-drawn, credible characters, perilous adventure, exotic locations and the skilful blending of fact with fiction, make Mistress of the Sea a real page turner
Elaine Saunders, Post-ChickLit Book Group
A fabulous story, and a wonderfully different (but important) perspective on Elizabethan times... Whether you sign up for this journey in search of romance, high-stakes adventure, or just engaging entertainment, there’s something for most everyone here
Sarah Johnson, Reading the Past
On the day Drake's ship is set to sail, Ellyn makes a fateful decision that will change the course of her future - she disguises herself as a boy and stows away on Drake's ship. What follows is the adventure of a lifetime
Confessions of an Avid Reader
A real swash-buckler of a novel that will appeal to all readers. It’s a story that harks back to the very start of the Golden Age of Discovery - the author has weaved a marvellous work of fiction around a very well-known historical figure and his ‘antics’
Stuart MacAllister, Sir Read-A-Lot
The splendid tale of Ellyn, who stows away with Sir Francis Drake to save her father's life and follow the man she's not yet willing to admit she loves. Thick with the voices, as well as the smells, sights, sounds and naval politics of a Tudor universe
Emma Darwin, author of A Secret Alchemy
A swashbuckler of a romance and adventure... Jenny's attention to detail is superb, her writing is skilled, and her sense of adventure is engrossing
Helen Hollick, author of the Pendragon's Banner trilogy
Sizzling…fun, fascinating and vividly drawn…atmospheric, enchanting…Mistress of the Sea is a rip-roaring, escapist adventure story full of action, drama, good guys, bad guys, real history and thrilling romance
Lancashire Evening Post