The White Seahorse - Paperback

by Eleanor Fairburn (Author)

Connacht, Ireland, 1537

Graunya O Malley ... Born of the sea. From the rugged west coast of Ireland to the power-crazed court of Elizabeth I, Graunya O Malley sails her fleet and commands her men - with fierce determination.

The White Seahorse charts not only the life of the legendary 'Graunuaile' - queen to some, pirate to others - but the fate of the Irish tribes that she tried to protect against the growing might of the English Empire under Elizabeth Tudor. Two powerful women, as yet unaware of each other's existence, shared a unique conviction: that in an age of Reformation, war and politics, a woman can be both strong and vulnerable, but it is dangerous to love...