We’re reading Kate Mosse’s Joubert Chronicles as a virtual reading group and this is the third book in the four-book series. These books are incredible but in terms of readability for someone who isn’t strongly into historical fiction of this time period, they just get better and better. Biggest advice – stick with it after book one, because everything is heavy in the beginning and starts to make more sense as things progress. I am hooked on the series and a little dismayed it’s coming to an end!

The meticulous research that makes up the majority of this novel is breath-taking. Maritime details, political tensions and a cultural backdrop of tension and gripping action combine to make this a true treat of a book. The portrayal of female strength in a male-dominated world is probably the best I’ve ever read, and in The Ghost Ship comes through at its most powerful.

There is depth, atmosphere, and a careful blend of pacing as the book continues with a focus on historical detail as well as action and adventure.

About the Book

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 what they seem: if arrested, they will hang for their alleged crimes. Can they survive their journey and escape their fate?

A tale of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes, piracy and hidden secrets on the high seas, The Ghost Ship is the third instalment in The Joubert Family Chronicles. The series concludes with The Map of Bones.

About The Author

Kate Mosse is a No 1 international bestselling novelist, playwright and non fiction writer, best known for her multi-million Languedoc Trilogy – Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel – and for her Gothic Fiction, including The Winter Ghosts and The Taxidermist’s Daughter, which she is adapting for film & stage. Her new novel The Burning Chambers – publishing May 2018 – is the first in an epic historical adventure series. Non fiction titles include The House: Behind the Scenes at the Royal Opera House and Chichester Festival Theatre at Fifty.

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