The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

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A world of conquest and danger. A story richer than plundered gold.

1656, Saint-Domingue. In the dark confines of a cell, a prisoner is waiting. Soon the hangman will call her name. Jacquotte Delahaye. A name which has struck fear into even the mightiest of empires. For Jacquotte is no ordinary prisoner: she is a pirate.

Fierce. Legendary. Deadly.

As the hangman prepares the noose, Jacquotte's story is told, charting her humble origins from the island of Hispaniola to the deck of a fearsome pirate ship. There, against all odds, she swiftly rises through the ranks, travelling across the Caribbean, facing duels across land and sea, and savouring tender moments stolen in the night.

With the sun rising, can Jacquotte fight her way to freedom and find the woman she loves Or will she die a legend

A epic, dazzling historical novel about one woman's rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history.

Author Bio

Briony Cameron is a disabled biracial writer based in Cardiff. She was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2021 for her novel The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye. In 2020 she was longlisted for both the Crime Writers' Association's Short Story Competition and the Penguin WriteNow Competition. Briony is The Good Literary Agency's Submissions Coordinator. The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye is her first novel.