The Stargazer of Nantucket
A Novel
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Mira Books
Publishing:30th Jul '26
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 30th July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
"Filled with tension, excitement, and brilliant plot twists, the story moves at a breakneck pace against the backdrop of Gerstenblatt’s meticulous research. Luminous."
—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Queen
From award-winning author Julie Gerstenblatt, an epic tale of adventure on the high seas, a spunky stowaway, and a family confronting the past to secure their future.
Massachusetts, 1851
Winifred Starbuck wants only one thing: to join her parents on their final merchant voyage—from Nantucket Island to bustling San Francisco, then across the glittering Pacific to the distant ports of China. Yet renowned trade captains Nell and Peter Starbuck have forbidden their daughter from coming aboard on the adventure of a lifetime. So Winnie does what any strong-willed eighteen-year-old would do: she stows away.
Once the ship sets sail, Winnie is plunged into turbulent waters, treachery, and the thrill of life on the high seas. As she drifts farther from shore, and closer to fabled Canton port, she uncovers a long-buried secret—one that reveals the truth behind her parents’ desperate fear. And as she continues to chart her own course, she’ll have to plumb the depths of her courage to take on a world far bigger—and more dangerous—than she ever imagined.
"I was spellbound by this novel, which takes the reader on a remarkable journey, touching upon the innermost thoughts of the crew and passengers of the clipper ship Stargazer, from the beautiful stowaway to the kindly captain to the lowest of deckhands. Filled with tension, excitement, and brilliant plot twists, the story moves at a breakneck pace against the backdrop of Gerstenblatt’s meticulous research. Luminous."
—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Queen
"Julie Gerstenblatt’s extraordinary new novel, The Stargazer of Nantucket, held me spellbound. Her tale of a young woman and her mother traveling on a merchant clipper ship from Nantucket to China in the 1800s is both intimate and worldly, brilliant with love, loss, humor, and pirates, too. Julie Gerstenblatt is our female James Michener, our American Ken Follett, and I can’t wait to see what she does next."
—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Summer Light on Nantucket
"A starry-eyed and gripping ocean adventure about a young Nantucket woman who must prove herself to her doubting father, The Stargazer of Nantucket is a sweeping story of love, fortune and how far we'll travel to discover who we're meant to be. An absolute delight!"
—Brooke Lea Foster, author of Our Last Vineyard Summer
"Julie Gerstenblatt is a magnificent storyteller. The Stargazer of Nantucket is the best kind of maritime fiction—brilliantly imagined, inspired by real events—a bold transcendent love story of adventure, shifting loyalties and secrets, and a heart-pounding race for treasure and trade.... A gorgeous sweeping novel of a mother’s fierce commitment to her daughter and her passion for the freedom of the sea."
—Dawn Tripp, nationally bestselling author of Jackie
"From old Nantucket to bustling Canton and the rollicking seas between, Julie Gerstenblatt dazzles in this epic tale that that captures both the grandeur of ocean adventure and the intimacy of life aboard ship in the age of sail. The Stargazer of Nantucket is my favorite kind of historical fiction—authentic and impeccably researched, packed with colorful characters and a narrative that surprises you at every turn, until you land at last on a satisfying shore. This is masterful storytelling from a gifted writer."
—Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of Husbands and Lovers
ISBN: 9780778305897
Dimensions: 203mm x 135mm x 25mm
Weight: 325g
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