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Mistress of the Sea by Jenny Barden

geoffreyg's review

5.0

This gets 5* from me for the way the main character grows from a spoilt, petulant young woman into a plausible heroine, and for the thoroughness of the historical context. The scene-setting is also excellent; you can smell the tropics, taste the salt. It is unusual for putting a woman, and a commoner to boot, at the centre of the plot in a very masculine age. A good adventure yarn, well told.