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"If there is one thing readers have come to expect from Alan Gold, it is his ability to tell a good story. His fiction is big, sweeping and engaging." Canberra Sunday Times

The Pirate Queen
Alan Gold

She ruled the high seas—and defied an empire....

The Story of Grace O'Malley, Irish Pirate

Grace O'Malley commanded a dozen ships and the obedience of thousands of men. Her empire stretched from Connaught on the Irish coast to the cobalt aters of Africa. Through the daring of her piracy, Grace nearly bankrupted the English treasury—and her outright defiance brought embarrassment to Elizabeth I. Yet the lives of these two amazing women were inextricably intertwined—and their eventual meeting during the most brilliant and romantic era that Europe has ever known would shock the world.

NAL Trade, January 2006
ISBN #0451217446
368 pages Trade Size
$14.00