Hen Frigates

Hen Frigates is the dramatic and largely untold story of the enterprising women who sailed on oceangoing vessels during the last century - a strenuous challenge even under the best of conditions. The true stories of what these remarkable women encountered on their voyages - from romantic moonlit nights on the deck to dreadful seasickness and terrifying skirmishes with pirates - are mesmerizing. And Druett weaves first-person accounts from letters and journals in and around his lyrical prose so that the fear, pain, anger, love and heartbreak are almost palpable.