Piratica
core novel 2004 Piratica
Record
| First published | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.65 (3,141 ratings, collected 2026-10-04) |
| Page count | 288 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780525473244 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Artemesia Fitz-Willoughby Weatherhouse wakes from a bump on the head at her stifling boarding school with her memory restored: she is the daughter of Molly Faith, the pirate queen Piratica, who never hurt a soul and won her booty by cleverness, and she is going to sea. Escaping by the chimney, Art tracks down her mother's old crew in the taverns of Lundon, only to learn that her baby memories are of playing pirates on a stage: Molly's piracy was a theatrical act. Art refuses to believe it, whips the actors into a crew, acquires a ship and a famous parrot, and sets out after real treasure in a parallel world much like our own around 1802, in which "Free" England is a republic. Lost islands, treasure maps, storms at sea and a very real rival pirate await.
Where it sits
- Universe: Piratica
- Series: Piratica core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tanith Lee
Notes
- From the series record (Piratica): Tanith Lee's young-adult pirate trilogy set in a parallel 1800s in which England is a republic, following Art Blastside, the actress's daughter who makes herself the real pirate queen her mother only played on stage.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Piratica: position 1 of 3: next Piratica II: Return to Parrot Island (2006)
Sources
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