On Wilder Seas

On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind | Nikki Marmery

Nikki Marmery is THAT girl! I love her writing style and at 50 pages in I just know I'm gonna love this one just as much as I did Lilith. I'm hoping we get more books from her.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful edition ðŸ’™ 5mo

Aimeesue This is one of the best books I‘ve read in the past decade. Margery is SO good. Her latest book is excellent too (but VERY different!)

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On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind | Nikki Marmery

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I requested this from #NetGalley on a whim, and I could NOT stop reading it. Flew through it in two days. The book is based on a single mention of an enslaved woman who was on Francis Drake's ship in 1579 when he was looking for a new passage around the Americas. Hair-raising adventure indeed.
Pub date 16 March 2020

Full review here:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3202441968

#ARC #OnWilderSeas

jillrhudy I‘m wondering if it might be a little triggering for the likes of me. I‘m very intrigued. 5y

Aimeesue @jillrhudy Hmmmmm. I think most of the interpersonal violence is *implied* or threatened rather than a direct representation. Or it's talked about in fairly vague terms if it's in the past. 5y

jillrhudy Your review is very well done! I requested it myself just now. AND I need to read â€œThe Splendid and the Vileâ€œ so whew! 5y

Aimeesue @jillrhudy I has been practicin my review skills. ? A big part of my "real" job is picking out the important/essential bits and summarizing those concisely. Apparently, it's sort of a transferable skill? Who knew? I hope you enjoy it. Not Great Literature by any means, but it's a compelling story. (edited) 5y

Aimeesue The Internet Archive has links to copies of Nuttall's New Light On Drake, too, which was really interesting. https://archive.org/search.php?query=New%20light%20on%20drake 5y

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On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind | Nikki Marmery

An enslaved woman, escaping one horrible shipboard situation, ends up on Francis Drake's ship, heading into the arctic in search of the NorthWest Passage. Adventure and horror on the high seas. And as if that's not dangerous enough, there's the added complication of being a woman and a slave on board a ship full of men.
I'm not sure "enjoying" is the word I want - the 16th century was pretty horrible - but I can't stop reading.
#ARC #NetGalley

Aimeesue Pub Date 16 Mar 2020 5y

LeahBergen Based on a true story?? Holy hell! 5y

Aimeesue @LeahBergen Pretty much! Brrrrrr! I'm at a bit now where some older sailor are terrifying the cabin boys by telling them about icebergs crushing ships and ships that get icebound. ðŸ˜± 5y

readordierachel Sounds intense! 5y

Aimeesue @readordierachel For sure! It's also set in the middle of the Spanish/English colonization and looting power struggle, so there's the added stresses of war and having your vessel set on fire in the middle of the ocean. Yikes! 5y

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