A True Account

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In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury bound into service at a waterfront inn since childhood is ready to take her life into her own hands. WhenWilliam Flyis hanged for piracy in the town square, the teenage Hannah is watching. Forced to flee for her life, Hannah disguises herself as a cabin boy and joins the pitiless crew of another notorious real-life pirate, Edward "Ned" Low. To earn her freedom and finally change the tide of her own future, Hannah must hunt downWilliam Fly's lost treasure.

Meanwhile in 1930, Professor Marian Beresford pieces this bewitching story together, seeing her own lack of freedom reflected back at her as she watches Hannah's transformation. At the centre of Hannah Masurys account,however, lies a centuries-old mystery that Marian is determined to solve. It soon becomes clear that Hannah was once just as determined to take this secret to her grave.

A True Accounttells the unforgettable, interleaved stories of two women in different worlds, both shattering the rules of their own society, both daring to risk everything to goforge their own adventure.

Reviews

'An absolute page turner, full of unexpected twists and turns.I really could not put it down.'

-- Celia Rees, author of Pirates!

'Irresistible... A breathless adventure that will stay with you long after the final page has been read.'

-- Julie Walker, author of Bonny & Read

'A wild ride. I loved this book.'

-- Christina Baker Kline, author of The Exiles

'Hannah Masurys pirate tale reads like a fever dream, told in a voice so authentic and with such vivid, authoritative detail, it compels belief that this must indeed be a true account.'

-- Peter Nichols, author of A Voyage for Madmen

'Katherine Howe richly evokes the social world of docks, ships, and seafaring outlaws, producing, in my view, one of the best 'pirate novels' ever written even better than ones by Daniel Defoe!'

-- Marcus Rediker, author of Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

'A feast for the sea-loving senses... Thisis more than just a pirate's tale: it's a story of abandoning convention in favour of self-discovery and exploring the sort of freedoms only the sea can offer.'

-- Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary

Author Bio

Katherine Howeis the author of the #2 New York Times bestsellerThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, as well asThe House of Velvet and Glass.She is widely considered an expert on American colonial life and the Salem Witch Trials, having written both as an academic and a novelist on the subject. She is the author of The Penguin Book of Pirates (forthcoming, Feb 2024). Katherine lives and sails in New England with her family.