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Kate Mosse on pirate women & Huguenot refugees

Writer Kate Mosse shares the historical inspirations behind her latest novel, The Ghost Ship, which takes readers across the 17th-century high seas

Published: July 12, 2023 at 7:29 AM

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Writer Kate Mosse shares the historical inspirations behind her latest novel, The Ghost Ship, which takes readers across the high seas from 17th-century France and Amsterdam to the Canary Islands. Speaking to Elinor Evans, she also discusses the real female pirates that inspired her story and her own personal connection to the Huguenot refugees who fled from the French Catholic government during the Wars of Religion.

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Kate Mosse is the author of The Ghost Ship (Pan Macmillan, 2023)

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Elinor EvansHead of digital (web and video)

Elinor Evans is head of digital (web and video)

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