The Pirate Queen
Through exhaustive research and an expansive imagination, Lawhon revives her, crafting an eventful narrative brimming with the sea captain’s exploits, adventures, battles and romances ... The book uses the present tense, which brings a contemporary immediacy as well as increased velocity to the story, drawing the reader closer to this bygone world ... It takes a little time to settle into the rhythm of the narrative, particularly with the vast cast of characters populating this saga ... Epic ... Taken altogether, this propulsive 500-page book delivers a spirited, layered feminist historical chronicle of one woman who resists convention every step of the way.
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Immersive ... Through the novel’s engaging format, readers not only come to know Grace as the formidable historic leader, but also as an ambitious girl, passionate woman, and fierce mother.
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Brings readers along on a harrowing and hell-raising historical adventure, exploring the lure of lawlessness for women in a world dominated by men.
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