Writer Kate Mosse shares the historical inspirations behind her latest novel, The Ghost Ship, which takes readers across the 17th-century high seas

By Elinor Evans

Published: Wednesday, 12 July 2023 at 12:00 am


Writer Kate Mosse shares the historical inspirations behind her latest novel, The Ghost Ship, which takes readers across the high seas from 17th-century France and Amsterdam to the Canary Islands. Speaking to Elinor Evans, she also discusses the real female pirates that inspired her story and her own personal connection to the Huguenot refugees who fled from the French Catholic government during the Wars of Religion.

Kate Mosse is the author of The Ghost Ship (Pan Macmillan, 2023)