The White Ship (Jackie French novel)
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The White Ship is a 2002 novel by Australian children's author Jackie French
. The White Ship follows the journey of a group of Protestant children who are force to flee their home, an island of the coast of France
, upon a defecting warship known as "The White Ship" in 1572, after Catherine de Medici orders the deaths of all French Huguenots.
Jackie French
Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" French is an award-winning Australian author. She writes mainly children's fiction and books on gardening....
. The White Ship follows the journey of a group of Protestant children who are force to flee their home, an island of the coast of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, upon a defecting warship known as "The White Ship" in 1572, after Catherine de Medici orders the deaths of all French Huguenots.