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1629 , Mayken is a young Swedish girl who boards the ship Batavia with her companion Imke (what...
I was so excited to read this book, it's based on a real life event involving an infamous...
Atmospheric, descriptive and utterly wonderful, this book really does have it all. I feel...
Oh this book! I knew I would enjoy it but it was even better than I thought it would be! I fell...
Jess Kidd's The Night Ship is a wonderful historical novel based around a true life event, the...
I had never heard of the Batavia so, for a short time, thought this an entirely original story...
Brought together by geography, this book tells the tales of Mayken, a young girl on a long voyage...
Mayken and her nursemaid Imke embark for a voyage on the Batavia. The year is 1629 and the...
What a beautifully written book! It feels like you are travelling to a new world, one that has 2...
This is a book that moved me to tears. It was beautifully written, with an engaging plot with two...
The Night Ship tells the tale of two children; Mayken on board The Batavia in 1628, and Gil on...
I don't mind a little bit of going backwards and then forwards in a book or even in a film, but...
'The Night Ship' has a vivid and mesmerising feel, more akin to fresh, vibrant brush strokes on...
I was very excited to read this novel, as I love historical fiction that also incorporates real...
A haunting tale of two children and told in parallel perspectives One from 1629 and the other...
The story follows two children, Mayken and Gil, who live in two different times, 1629 and 1989....
“…a ship that looks ahead to a new life somewhere hot and strange.” The Night Ship tells a...
This book was a bit of a slow burner for me and it took me a while to get into it whilst the...
I was really looking forward to reading this book. This is the first book I have read from Jessie...
From the first line you are drawn in to a scene, an environment, characters and a story that is...
There’s a ghostly feeling to the book, which assumes a link between the characters, Mayken and...
The novel is set in the 1600’s as a young lady is to set sail to meet her father. Not much...
The value of a moment becomes clear when you're not promised another. The Night Ship knocked...
The first look from the cover was what made me want to look more into this book, first the blurb...
I actually claimed this with my points as I was desperate to read it after the first look gripped...
The latest book by Jess Kidd ‘The Night Ship’ is the cleverly blended fact and fiction story of...
This is clearly a very well researched book and Jess Kidd does a great job of weaving the facts...
I liked the book cover and from the start it feels like this is going to be an epic tale, and it...
I chose to read The Night Ship on the basis that it was historical fiction and featured a...
Before reading Jess Kidd’s enthralling story I hadn’t heard of the Batavia’s doomed maiden...
The writing in the night ship is good. The atmosphere is real and you are pulled into the two...
At the start of this book I wasn't sure I would like it, but once I got into the story I found it...
This book wasn't exactly what I was expecting, but it was a good read and I flew through it,...
Atmospheric. Haunting. Raw. I've been anticipating a new release from Jess Kidd and 'The...
This book follows two stories of children that are connected through an old ship and an island....
This wasn't the easiest book to get into - although to be fair that was more to do with some of...
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