Pirates book celia rees5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Beautifully worded descriptions and spicy dialogue practically allow readers to taste the salty tang in the air. ![]() ![]() They risk everything to escape and make for the high seas. Nancy and her fearless friend Minerva, are not content to live lives of luxury built on the broken backs of others. Consequently, freedom is explored through the perspective of multiple characters. Nancy is horrified to discover that her family fortune is derived not just from a sugar plantation in Jamaica, but from slave trade. She taught herself how to read and write, and she is determined to teach herself how to survive independently-even if it means turning to a life of Piracy!This historical novel opens in 1722 coastal England. When misfortune devastates the family fortune, Nancy’s brothers attempt to use her as a bargaining chip. Though sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington is dressed up like a doll and drilled in the ladylike arts, her heart cries out for more adventure than an eligible match. One grey summer morning, in 1722, my wish was granted, but not quite in the way that I would have wanted."So begins Pirates by Cecilia Rees. ![]() "I was of a roving frame of mind, even as a child, and for years my fancy had been to set sail on one of my father's ships. ![]()
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