The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

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An epic, dazzling tale based on true events, The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye illuminates a woman of color's rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history. In the tumultuous town of Yáquimo, Saint-Domingue, Jacquotte Delahaye is an unknown but up-and-coming shipbuilder. Her dreams are bold but her ambitions bound by the confines of her life with her self-seeking French father. When a violent coup seizes power and results in the death of the Governor, she is forced to flee her home and become a woman on the run along with a motley crew of refugees, including a mysterious young woman named Teresa--the late Governor's wife. Jacquotte and her band of refugees become indentured servants to the infamous Blackhand, a ruthless pirate captain who rules his ship with an iron fist. As they struggle to survive his brutality, Jacquotte finds herself unable to resist Teresa despite their differences. When ...