The Ghost Ship

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 BrooklynBeautifully written and engaging from the first page, keeping you guessing until the end – Amanda De Beer * The Independent *The 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 QueensTransporting, 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 NudibranchAppositely 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 ItA gripping, thrilling page turner * Toronto Star *Mosse’s fans will relish this tale of secrets, love and treachery – The Times on The Burning ChambersA gorgeously written, utterly absorbing epic … I absolutely LOVED it – Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party and The Paris Apartment, 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 and has her own monthly YouTube book show, Mosse on a Monday. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Kate is also a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester and President of the Festival of Chichester.