In 1819, kidnapped chef Owen Wedgwood transforms meager shipboard supplies into sumptuous meals at the behest of his kidnapper, pirate queen Mad Hannah Mabbot, while she pushes her exhausted crew to track down a deadly privateer.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, effortless and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Picador, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781250050182
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