She Rises by Kate Worsely

She Rises

Kate Worsely

An 18th century seafaring adventure with a great deal of nautical detail and 'on board' brutality. On land, there's romance, intrigue and tragedy and eventually the two strands collide to form one personality. Brilliantly descriptive of the port of Harwich. An atmospheric and intriguing debut.

Extract
The boy waits, sweating.
'Fine mardle, man,' the man says finally, in a bright tone.
The boy has no idea what he means.
'Damned gangers,' says another, off in the dark, and hawks hard.
He hears the spittle land, and a lapping of water, close by his ear. Something begins to stir in the back of his mind. He struggles again to stand.
'Dinne fash, man they've snaffled you good.'
'Who?' he cries now. His legs are trembling, his heart racing. 'Who?'
'Whisht, the gangers, man!'
The hot rank breath blows close. 'You're pressed, my lad. Welcome to His Majesty's damned whoreson Navy.'
Parallels
  • To the Ends of the Earth by William Golding
  • This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
Borrow this book
Violence
Explicit sexual Content

Our suggestions if you enjoyed Dawnlands by Philippa Gregory

She Rises

Kate Worsely

The Bastard of Istanbul

Elif Shafak

A Net for Small Fishes

Lucy Jago

An Almond for a Parrot

Wray Delaney

The Warlow Experiment

Alix Nathan

The Words in my Hand

Guinevere Glasfurd

The Book of Gold Leaves

Mirza Waheed

The House at Bishopsgate

Katie Hickman

The Birth of Venus

Sarah Dunant

As Meat Loves Salt

Maria McCann