Author: Ariel Lawhon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
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Based on the life of infamous Irish sea captain and folk heroine Grace O’Malley, this is a thrilling, action-packed historical adventure about a woman who refused to be contained, at every turn. From chieftain’s daughter to dutiful noblewoman, and from widow to the most feared pirate on the Irish coast – and enemy of Queen Elizabeth I – Grace’s story is one of passion and defiance. Lawhon weaves it in a way that sharply captures the brutality and constraints experienced by women in 16th-century Ireland, crafting an epic tribute to the country’s renowned Pirate Queen.
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