He must learn fast and choose his friends well if he is to survive the brutal hardships of a sailor's life and its many dangers, both up high in the rigging and in the dark below decks. Unable to escape, Luke is beaten and press ganged and sent to sea on board the warship Essex. 15-year old Luke is drinking in a Harwich tavern when it is raided by His Majesty's Navy. There she meets Rebecca, her haughty young mistress, who is unlike anyone Louise has encountered before: as unexpected as she is fascinating. Ork in the bustling naval port of Harwich, as maid to a wealthy captain's daughter, she leaps at the chance to see more of the world. It is 1740 and Louise Fletcher, a young dairymaid on an Essex farm, has been warned of the lure of the sea for as long as she can remember - after all, it stole away her father and brother. Sarah Waters meets Carol Birch in a breathtaking story of love, adventure and identity.
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