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    "description": "<p>In a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her half-brother is dying. Her mother makes a decision: Mary will become Mark, and Ma will continue to collect his inheritance money.<br />Mary's dual existence as Mark will lead to a role as a footman in a grand house, serving a French mistress; to the navy, learning who to trust and how to navigate by the stars; and to the army and the battlegrounds of Flanders, finding love among the bloodshed and the mud. But none of this will stop Mary yearning for the sea.<br />Drawn back to the water, Mary must reinvent herself yet again, for a woman aboard a ship is a dangerous thing. This time Mary will become something more dangerous than a woman.<br />She will become a pirate.<br />Breathing life into the Golden Age of Piracy, Saltblood is a wild adventure, a treasure trove, weaving an intoxicating tale of gender and survival, passion and loss, journeys and transformation, through the story of Mary Read, one of history's most remarkable figures.<br />'A gripping tale of one woman's extraordinary adventure ... Saltblood is a triumph of the imagination' ELODIE HARPER, author of 'The Wolf Den' trilogy<br />'A ravishing picaresque told with fireworks, finesse and gusto' PAUL LYNCH, author of Prophet Song<br />'A well crafted, salty, old-fashioned adventure about identity and freedom' The Times<br />'Saltblood is exquisite. The writing is sumptuous and lyrical, the story fascinating' LOUISE O'NEILL, author of Asking for It and Idol<br />'A wonderful tale and so exquisitely told ... Master and Commander meets Thelma &amp; Louise' JAMES OSWALD, author of the 'Inspector McLean' series<br />'A thrilling, gender-shaking roar of a tale every reader will enjoy' NEIL BLACKMORE, author of Radical Love</p>",
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