Pirate Queen: The Legend of Grace O'Malley

by Sam Hart (Illustrator), Tony Lee (Author)

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2019
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A captivating retelling of the story of Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland. Grace is a true daughter of the fearsome O'Malley clan, and while still a child she yearns to help her father fight to keep Henry VIII's invading English armies out of Ireland. But battlefields are not seen as places for women, and for years she must sit idly at home while her father and her husband march off to defend their homeland. When English conspirators brutally murder her husband, though, Grace will remain idle no longer. She herself leads men into battle on the high seas, where her prowess as a sailor and her ability with a sword quickly gain her a reputation as The Pirate Queen of Ireland. But this reputation will place her own life and the lives of her entire family in danger, and will lead her to confront the most powerful woman in England, Queen Elizabeth I.

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A captivating retelling of the story of Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland. Grace is a true daughter of the fearsome O'Malley clan, and while still a child she yearns to help her father fight to keep Henry VIII's invading English armies out of Ireland. But battlefields are not seen as places for women, and for years she must sit idly at home while her father and her husband march off to defend their homeland. When English conspirators brutally murder her husband, though, Grace will remain idle no longer. She herself leads men into battle on the high seas, where her prowess as a sailor and her ability with a sword quickly gain her a reputation as The Pirate Queen of Ireland. But this reputation will place her own life and the lives of her entire family in danger, and will lead her to confront the most powerful woman in England, Queen Elizabeth I.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 04 Apr 2019
ISBN 10: 1406347353
ISBN 13: 9781406347357
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Author Bio

Tony Lee has written for many popular comic books including X-Men, Spider Man, Starship Troopers, Wallace & Gromit and Shrek. His adaptation of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: The Graphic Novel is a New York Times bestseller. Tony is the author of Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood, Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur and Messenger: The Legend of Joan of Arc, all published by Walker. He has also adapted Anthony Horowitz's bestselling series The Power of Five into graphic novels. Tony lives in London. Sam Hart has illustrated many comic books and graphic novels, including Judge Dredd, Starship Troopers and Walker's Heroes and Heroines series - Outlaw: the Legend of Robin Hood, Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur and Messenger: The Legend of Joan of Arc. His graphic novel The Coldest City, written by Antony Johnston, has recently been adapted for the screen as Atomic Blonde starring Charlize Theron. He also teaches drawing skills at the AXIS School of Art in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he lives.