The Ghost Ship: An Epic Historical Novel from the Number One Bestselling Author (The Joubert Family Chronicles)

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The 3rd tome of the Burning Chamber series is coming out this month and I am so thankful I have been given a galley! Gilles ends up getting on board the Old Moon with Louise as she tries to protect him from his abominable mother. The Ghost Ship is a sweeping novel full of adventure that transports us the readers through France, to Paris where a king is assassinated, to Carcassonne and to La Rochelle; then to Amsterdam and the Canary Islands, and then finally to Cape Town where it ends with an unsettling sense of mystery. Being initially from Amsterdam, Louise has a love for boats and the sea, and she is close with Alis and Cornelia. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Privileged to have been granted the gift of reading this 1600 saga of survival as a female with skills and knowledge to oversee a ship in treacherous times.The book is full of lovely rich descriptions, so that it is easy to visualise yourself in 17 th century Paris or Amsterdam, or being tossed about on the high seas.

There's some 200 years between the "current" events in this book and some teasers from the earlier books. Readers of the first two books are left hanging as that secondary story in the prologues of the first two books makes no appearance here. Owner of the Old Moon, a vessel out of Amsterdam, she is more than confident to take charge when the captain dies in mysterious circumstances.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Louise has a wish that was considered outlandish at the time, and that is to be captain of her own ship. In 1600s the French Tarot cards were very mysterious and new and hated by the Roman Catholic Church. Respected by those she worked with, hated by those who felt threatened, Mosse had created one hell of a woman.

Mosse opens the novel with a brief historical note that places the events of this and the previous novels in context and follows with a list of Principal Characters.This one focuses on Louise Reydon-Joubert, granddaughter of Minou Joubert (starring in the first 2 books) and daughter of Marta who got killed in City of Tears.

A massive thank you to Anne Cater from Random Things Tours for inviting me to the blog tour of this true epic rich in historical detail. But now the Ghost Ship is under attack - its hull splintered, its sails tattered and burnt, and the crew at risk of capture. I enjoyed this book for the most part but I was disappointed by the ending which seemed too quick and, for me, a little unsatisfactory.It is the perfect way to be introduced to the characters in a way that makes you want to read the first two as I discovered they seem t b following one families chronology. I did greatly enjoy the romance, although I found it overly restrained, much like the rest of the story. The conflicts she faced in the present to protect her husband and granddaughter, along with the trauma of her past made for a sympathetic character. This book also is heavily influenced by the Tarot cards the early French cards I read the Tarot which made this special for me.