Congratulations to Briony Cameron who has been longlisted in the adult category for The Diverse Book Awards for her epic historical novel, The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye!
1656, Saint-Domingue. In the dark confines of a cell, a prisoner is waiting. Soon the hangman will call her name. Jacquotte Delahaye. A name which has struck fear into even the mightiest of empires. For Jacquotte is no ordinary prisoner: she is a pirate.
Fierce. Legendary. Deadly.
As the hangman prepares the noose, Jacquotte’s story is told, charting her humble origins from the island of Hispaniola to the deck of a fearsome pirate ship. There, against all odds, she swiftly rises through the ranks, travelling across the Caribbean, facing duels across land and sea, and savouring tender moments stolen in the night.
With the sun rising, can Jacquotte fight her way to freedom and find the woman she loves? Or will she die a legend?
‘Packed full of action, excitement, peril and romance on the high seas, this is the sapphic pirate book of my dreams’ – SARAH UNDERWOOD, author of Lies We Sing to the Sea
‘Thrilling, heart-pounding adventure meets thoughtful feminist history . . . a rare and special tale’ – VAISHNAVI PATEL, author of Kaikeyi
‘I flew through the pages as if my ability to breath depended on it . . . This book has stolen my heart!’ – THE DEBUT DIGEST