Product Description

Features the indomitable Cat Royal who turns pirate, undertakes a Caribbean Cruise and gets mixed up in a slave revolt.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #256006 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Review
"'These books will keep readers hooked until the end' Bookseller; 'Pacy...A most engaging read' Books for Keeps; 'An eminently satisfying and delightful read' Sunday Tribune; 'Hugely enjoyable romp of a tale' School Librarian; 'A colourful, action-packed story' Publishing News 'A highly enjoyable story full of adventure, likeable character and sharp, witty dialogue' Anti-slavery magazine. 'Rip-roaring saga...thoroughly entertaining...lively and absorbing' The Times Educational Supplement; 'This is rollicking historical fiction at its best, a great read' Sunday Express 'This is a terrific read. One can't help being in awe of Julia Golding's talent for storytelling in a book that grips you from the first page.' Daily Telegraph; 'It's a very successful format which still continues to develop the character and understanding of Cat as she gets older and confronts ever more complex codes of class and gender expectations within the exciting plots.' Books for Keeps"

About the Author
Julia Golding read English at Cambridge then joined the Foreign Office and served in Poland. Her work as a diplomat took her from the high point of town twinning in the Tatra Mountains to the low of inspecting the bottom of a Silesian coal mine. On leaving Poland, she exchanged diplomacy for academia and took a doctorate in the literature of the English Romantic Period at Oxford. She then joined Oxfam as a lobbyist on conflict issues, campaigning at the UN and with governments to lessen the impact of conflict on civilians living in war zones. Married with three children, Julia now lives in Oxford. The Diamond of Drury Lane won the Nestle Children's Book Prize 2006 and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2006.

Customer Reviews

Swashbuckling pirate adventure starring "Cat Royal" - set in 1792.
This is the 5th Cat Royal adventure so far. You don't really need to have read the others to enjoy this as you are given enough background to appreciate Cat's adventurous spirit and her experiences so far. I picked this up on impulse and haven't read any of the others, but I'll keep a lookout for them from now on.

Brilliantly written, there's great pace to Cat's Jamaica story. Cat's had a theatre background (Drury Lane, London) and in Black Heart of Jamaica she joins a travelling theatre in Philadelphia headed for the Caribbean islands. Cat's realised that to make her way in the world she needs a respectable career and acting is what appeals to her most. Jamaica and the other islands are under threat of slave rebellion however, (something Cat supports wholeheartedly) and the Caribbean turns out to be the perfect place for the adventurous Cat to be headed.... Never a dull moment when Cat's about...

A rip-roaring unputdownable read, this book also teaches about the history of slavery in America and the wrongs of race discrimination.

The earlier Cat Royal Books are:

The Diamond of Drury Lane - Cat in London
Cat Among the Pigeons - Cat goes to school
Den of Thieves - Cat in Paris (revolutionary France)
Cat O'Nine Tails - Cat at sea

excellent, the best bok in the searies
in this book of cat royal joins a travelling theatre in the carribean, gets abducted by pirates and gets sucked into a slave revolt.

there is only one word to describe this book: FANTASTIC! Iaam abig Cat royal fan and love the idea of her turning pirate, so there is to words to describe this book: FANTASTIC and EXCELLENT!!! I cant wait for Cats Cradle to come out!!!!

recommmended
This is the 5th book to Julia Goldings wonderful tale about miss cat Royal. I have to say the beginning of this one was a bit fast but as the story begins to unravell Ithoroughly enjoyed it again. If you at all like adventure and a bit of mischief then I recommend this book to anybody!