Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge
Lizzie Pook
304 pages
A gorgeous debut. Both a breathtaking adventure story and a moving testimony to the lengths we go to for the people we love, it swept me away from the first page . . . A gleaming achievementEmma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters on Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter
Tense and vividly atmospheric, with a determined, independent heroine intent on the truth. It’s beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure. I loved the journey to a world I knew nothing about - it’s gloriously transportingJennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne on Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter
I loved it: a gritty plot, exquisite prose, and a vivid evocation of a dangerous time and place. Wonderfully researched and realisedRosie Andrews, bestselling author of The Leviathan on Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter