Ravenglass

A sweeping, immersive historical novel by an acclaimed writer, Ravenglass plunges the reader into a tragic family mystery and a turbulent 18th-century adventure over land and sea. In 18th Century Whitehaven, Kit Ravenglass grows up in a house of secrets. A shameful mystery surrounds his mother's death, and his formidable, newly rich father is gambling everything on shipping ventures. Kit takes solace in his beloved sister Fliss, and her sumptuous silks, although he knows better than to reveal his delight in feminine fashion. As the family's debts mount, Kit's father turns to the transatlantic slave trade - a ruthless and bloody traffic to which more than a fortune might be lost. At a private Naval Academy, Kit is jolted into unruly boyhood and scandal before his first taste of life at