{"product_id":"a-true-account-hannah-masurys-sojourn-amongst-the-pyrates-written-by-herself-9781250894212","title":"A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one young woman's unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury - bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood - is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of a treasure in the Caribbean spread, Hannah is forced to flee for her life, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the pitiless crew of the notorious pirate Edward \"Ned\" Low. To earn the freedom to choose a path for herself, Hannah must hunt down the treasure and change the tides. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, professor Marian Beresford pieces Hannah's story together in 1930, seeing her own lack of freedom reflected back at her as she watches Hannah's transformation. At the center of Hannah Masury's account, however, lies a centuries-old mystery that Marian is determined to solve, just as Hannah may have been determined to take it to her grave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA True Account\u003c\/i\u003e tells the unforgettable story of two women in different worlds, both shattering the rules of their own society and daring to risk everything to go out on their own account.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Howe \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Daughters of Temperance Hobbs\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Velvet and Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the young adult novels \u003ci\u003eConversion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Appearance of Annie van Sinderen\u003c\/i\u003e. She served as editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Witches, \u003c\/i\u003e and her fiction has been translated into over twenty languages. Descended from three women who were tried for witchcraft in Salem, she and her family live in New England and New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878230102290,"sku":"9781250894212","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9281551f-a96d-4b01-b09c-ed70d6acaab1.jpg?v=1773738294","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-true-account-hannah-masurys-sojourn-amongst-the-pyrates-written-by-herself-9781250894212","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}