<p><b>''Enlivens the standard tale of swashbuckling adventure, adding feminist spice ... Rich and immersive'' <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH<br></b><br><b>''Remarkable'' HILARY MANTEL</b><br><br><b>''A vivid, narrative-packed splice of historical fiction'' DAILY MAIL<br></b><br><i>A Wild & True Relation</i> opens during the Great Storm of 1703, as smuggler Tom West confronts his lover Grace for betraying him to the Revenue. Leaving Grace''s cottage in flames, he takes her orphaned daughter Molly on board ship disguised as a boy to join his crew. But Molly, or Orlando as she must call herself, will grow up to outshine all the men of Tom''s company and seek revenge - and a legacy - all of her own. <br><br>Woven into Molly''s story are the writers - from Celia Fiennes and George Eliot to Daniel Defoe and Charles Dickens - who are transfixed by her myth and who, over three centuries, come together to solve the mystery of her life. With extraordinary verve , Sherwo
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A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving readers a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories.
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Almost 14.5 billion years ago, it all started with a BIG BANG and what began as a cloud of gas, dust, and rock eventually took shape and bloomed into a molten sphere. Battered by asteroid collisions, ice ages, and shifting tectonic plates, our fledgling...
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