The Ghost Ship

Mosse can tell a story … plunge relentlessly and breathlessly in alongside Louise and Gilles in their maritime adventure * The Times *Beautifully written and engaging from the first page, keeping you guessing until the end * Independent *A gripping, thrilling page-turner, richly imagined and impeccably told * Toronto Star *Another meticulously researched and stunningly written novel by a much-loved and highly accomplished author. I adored it! – Santa Montefiore, bestselling author of An Italian Girl in BrooklynThe Ghost Ship is utterly absorbing. I couldn’t put it down and fell in love with her two main characters, and felt bereft when it ended – Louise Minchin, BBC journalist, host of the Her Spirit podcast and author of FearlessGripping, thrilling, a spectacular work of scholarly reimagining, The Ghost Ship is a beautiful book about two women, about love, courage, suffering, and a world in which everything was on a knife edge. A stunning novel, a whole world recreated – Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival QueensAppositely placed in the past – this compelling tale of women on a mission to be seen and heard is a tale for today. Page turning – Helen Lederer, comedian and author of Losing ItTransporting, intelligent, heartwarming and intriguing, this is historical fiction at its finest – Lucy Atkins, author of Magpie LaneWonderful, rip roaringly adventurous and full of indelible characters. Mosse is a conjurer – Irenosen Okojie, author of NudibranchA gorgeously written, utterly absorbing epic and, despite being set in the sixteenth century, has some very pertinent messages for our time about the evils of religious persecution and the transcendent power of love and family. In case it’s not clear enough yet, I absolutely LOVED it – Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party and The Paris Apartment, on The City of Tears[A] dramatic, immersive tale of secrets, conspiracies, fanaticism and loss – Daily Mail on The City of Tears

Kate Mosse is an award-winning novelist, playwright, essayist and non-fiction writer. The author of ten novels and short-story collections, her books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in more than forty countries. Fiction includes the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy, The Joubert Family Chronicles (the number one bestseller The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears, and The Ghost Ship), and number one bestselling Gothic fiction. Her highly-acclaimed non-fiction includes An Extra Pair of Hands and Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World. The Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, she is the founder of the global #WomanInHistory campaign. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Kate is a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester and President of the Festival of Chichester.