The Ghost Ship

<p><b>Another meticulously researched and stunningly written novel by a much-loved and highly accomplished author. I adored it! - Santa Montefiore<br><br><i>The Ghost Ship</i> is utterly absorbing. I couldn&rsquo;t put it down - Louise Minchin</b><br><br><b>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 <i>The City of Tears</i>, <i>The Ghost Ship</i> is the third novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse.</b><br><br>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.<br><br>But now the Ghost Ship is under attack &ndash; 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?<br><br><b>A sweeping and epic queer love story, ranging from France in 1610 to Amsterdam and the Canary Islands in the 1620s, <i>The Ghost Ship </i>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 mans world.</b></p>