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Description for Pirates!
Hardback. When two young women meet under extraordinary circumstances in eighteenth century West Indies, they are unified in their desire to escape their oppressive lives. But Fate ensures that one night the two young women have to save each other and run away to a life no less dangerous but certainly a lot more free. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFC; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 205 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 512. 8vo. Good copy
When two young women meet under extraordinary circumstances in eighteenth century West Indies, they are unified in their desire to escape their oppressive lives. The first is a slave, forced to work in a plantation mansion and subjected to terrible cruelty at the hands of the plantation manager. The second is a spirited and rebellious English girl, sent to the West Indies to marry well and combine the wealth of two respectable families. But Fate ensures that one night the two young women have to save each other and run away to a life no less dangerous but certainly a ... Read more
When two young women meet under extraordinary circumstances in eighteenth century West Indies, they are unified in their desire to escape their oppressive lives. The first is a slave, forced to work in a plantation mansion and subjected to terrible cruelty at the hands of the plantation manager. The second is a spirited and rebellious English girl, sent to the West Indies to marry well and combine the wealth of two respectable families. But Fate ensures that one night the two young women have to save each other and run away to a life no less dangerous but certainly a ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747559504
SKU
KEX0258162
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Celia Rees
Celia Rees lives in Leamington Spa with her husband. This is Celia's third book for Bloomsbury and confirms her place as one of Britain's leading writers for teenagers. Celia's previous books with Bloomsbury - Witch Child, short listed for the Guardian book award, and Sorceress have sold over 175,000 copies in the UK and are translated in to 15 languages. ... Read more
Reviews for Pirates!
'(Pirates!) is a swashbuckling tale of suspense, romance, danger and sisterhood. Rees writes through the eyes of a teenager and brilliantly describes the trials that her characters face' Sunday Express July 2004 'Pirates! by Celia Rees is brilliant, fabulous, unputdownable Rees' themes are those of great literature. Rees encompasses in her novel not only the ethics of the slave ... Read more