You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. As Louise and Gilles lives uncontrollably intertwine, the reader is thrust into a world of intrigue, danger and blackmail. It feels like a slight departure from previous Kate Mosse books, as a large chunk of the story takes place at sea.

Louise is not interested in leading the life expected of upper class women of her day, either in Amsterdam (her birthplace), Carcassonne (so adored by her grandmother Minou), nor in La Rochelle (a haven for the Huguenots persecuted in Catholic France). It would make sense that there would be little mention of politics and the religious wars for Louise, who does not have much of a thought for religion anyway and is generally focused on her ship. I can't say I expect that Mosse will cross that T in the next book, because that was something that happened at the end of Book 2 and was not resolved in Book 3.I love Kate Mosse's writing style but unlike her previous works this book doesn't feel like a complete story. I enjoy nautical tales set in sailing ships on the high seas and was delighted by this aspect of ‘The Ghost Ship’, especially as the central love story was inspired by the eighteenth-century female pirates, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. 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 Ghost Ship is the third book in the series following the fortunes – and misfortunes – of various generations of the Joubert family.Louise has had a troubled childhood and this has made her into a strong, independent and courageous young woman. Ik heb dit al paar keer in mijn recensies aangehaald, maar meedoen aan een hype maakt een boek niet populairder, integendeel. Gezien het tweede deel Stad van Tranen een drietal jaar geleden verscheen en Tijden van Vuur vijf jaar, had een korte proloog met wat vooraf ging wel een meerwaarde geweest. Fiction includes the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy, the Joubert Family Chronicles (the number one bestseller The Burning Chambers , The City of Tears , and The Ghost Ship ), and number one bestselling Gothic fiction.

It concerns previous protagonist Minou’s granddaughter Louise who had an inherent love for and affinity with the sea. Their relationship is modern and refreshing and everything it should be for a female captain in the 1600's looking to change the rules. And, in this book, you can add to that what it would be like to be onboard a trading ship, one that at any moment might come under attack from corsairs.

Also the prologue/intro is repeated in full when it comes up as the start of the climax of the story which was a little odd. Their paths become entwined in the most dramatic way, triggering long buried memories of bloody events in Louise’s own childhood. 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.