Pirates!

The destinies of two young women and the adventures they face when they take control of their pre-arranged lives are described in this compelling story. Set in the West Indies during the 18th century, this first-person narrative brings the past vividly to life as it chronicles the actions of the two girls. One is a slave forced to work in a plantation mansion and subjected to terrible cruelty by the plantation manager. The other is a spirited and rebellious English girl sent to the West Indies to marry well and combine the wealth of two respectable families.

Fate intervenes one night when the two girls save each other and run away to a dangerous new life as pirates. In this new guise they roam the seas, fight pitched battles against their foes and become embroiled in many exciting adventures.

Swashbuckling adventure, great female lead characters and a romantic historical setting combine to make Pirates! a certain bestseller.

Read here the true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kingston -- Declared Pirates, Traitors, Common Enemies and Robbers on the High Seas.

Year of Our Lord, 1724


What drives two young women from such different backgrounds to take to the perilous life of piracy? What has befallen Nancy and Minerva that makes this existanece better than the one they left behind?

In this vivid, exciting and completely gripping novel, read the remarkable adventures of two girls, one a merchant's daugher and the other a runaway slave, as they sail the high seas, fight for their lives and search for their loves.

Celia Rees' previous books, Witch Child and Sorceress, have sold over 175,000 copies in the U.K. and have been translated into 15 languages. Witch Child was shortlisted for the Guardian book award.