by Celia Rees (Author)
When two young women meet under extraordinary circumstances in eighteenth century West Indies they are unified in their desire to escape their oppressive lives. The first is a slave, forced to work in a plantation mansion and subjected to terrible cruelty at the hands of the plantation manager. The second is a spirited and rebellious English girl, sent to the West Indies to marry well and combine the wealth of two respectable families. But Fate ensures that one night the two young women have to save each other and run away to a life no less dangerous but certainly a lot more free. As pirates they roam the seas, fight pitched battles against their foes and become embroiled in many a heart-quickening adventure. Written in brilliant and sparkling first-person narrative, this is a wonderful novel in which Celia Rees has brought the past vividly and intimately to life.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: New
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 0747564698
ISBN 13: 9780747564690
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
Book Overview: Over 250,000 copies sold of Witch Child & Sorceress in the Bloomsbury edition with 18 foreign language editions to date. Pirates! hardback sales in the Bloomsbury edition now total 80,000 copies and film option agreed. Author short-listed for the Guardian Award and the Whitbread Children's book award.