Review
A glorious roustabout of a tale, full of yummy set pieces and terrific adventures, unbelievable in a most satisfying way. The language is rip-roaring or glides like a seagull, as needed. And the thrilling denouement is romantic as heck. -- Kirkus Review: Starred 'a rollicking read. Road adventure, sea voyage and treasure hunt in one.' -- Irish Times 20040410 A hilarious romp. -- The Bookseller 20040101 On recent evidence, pirate stories look like being the next big thing. If so, may they all be as much fun as this one, by the Cat's Elbows! -- Jan Mark, The Guardian 20040501 '... a wonderfully rumbustious fantasy that is as clever as it is entertaining.' -- The Independent 20040402 Tanith Lee restores one's faith in fiction as the expression of imagination and original thought. -- The Guardian 20040402 'Swashbuckling for the over-10s' -- The Daily Telegraph 20041204 'A twisting, exciting and daring adventure' -- Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle 20041204
Product Description
Trapped in the dreary Angels Academy for Young Maidens by her tyrant father, 17-year-old Artemesia Blastside (Art to her friends) dreams of the seafaring life she once led with her mother, a notorious pirate, killed six years before by an untimely cannonblast. Unaware that her memories of glamorous characters and high adventure are not what they seem, she seizes her chance to escape. Now she's off in search of her mother's old crew, her heart set on the High Seas, the Blue Indies of the Caribbean, and on treasure Beyond the Dreams of Avarice. Careering through the haunts of highwaymen, pirates and smugglers Art sweeps a motley and unwilling crew into the treasure hunt of all time, and does her best to win her mother's crown as the feared and famous Piratica.
