Saltblood : An epic historical fiction debut inspired by real life female pirates by Francesca De Tores

Saltblood : An epic historical fiction debut inspired by real life female pirates by Francesca De Tores**WINNER OF THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE **'A gripping tale of one woman's extraordinary adventures Saltblood is a triumph of the imagination'ELODIE HARPER, author of 'The Wolf Den' trilogy'A ravishing picaresque told with fireworks, finesse and gusto' PAUL LYNCH, author of Prophet Song'A well crafted, salty, old fashioned adventure about identity and freedom' The TimesIn a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her

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Sky In the Deep

Muggle and bandersnatch

she suddenly finds herself in a land of caustic characters and twisted logic – a back-to-front world where flowers can talk

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The Renaissance is one of the most studied and celebrated eras of history

' - Gareth Southgate

But the land on which he builds has a dark history of violence that began with the drowning of a young woman in the grip of madness and that grows darker still over the course of the century: the Jewish neighbours disappear one by one

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