A #1 Bestselling Historical Thriller on Kindle (UK)
Slave to Fortune is an award-winning historical novel. Tom Cheke’s world is turned upside-down when he is kidnapped from his home by Barbary corsairs during an audacious night raid. Sold into slavery in seventeenth-century Algiers, Tom carves out a promising, new life only to have it shattered once more. Another twist of fate throws him into the hands of a Scottish knight of the Order of St John and into a turbulent world of ciphers, spies and assassinations. This is a remarkable account of how a young man comes of age, grasping life from the setbacks of fortune. It is a tale of friendship and reconciliation, of intrigue and deceit, in which trust is betrayed and deep-rooted beliefs and values are cast into doubt. In Slave to Fortune, DJ Munro skilfully captures a bygone era of galleons and gunpowder as the plot twists from the alleyways of Algiers, through the splendour of Malta and the canals of Venice, to maritime Portsmouth and the rustic charms of the Isle of Wight. With echoes of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel Kidnapped and J. Meade Falkner’s Moonfleet, Slave to Fortune is an uplifting, intelligent book that will spark curiosity and keep readers enthralled. Suitable for all ages from young adult upwards, Slave to Fortune was a #1 bestseller on Kindle (UK) for Historical Thrillers in October 2017 and a #1 bestseller for YA Historical Fiction in April, May and October 2017. The novel won the Grand Prize for Young Adult fiction at the international Chanticleer Book Awards (2017) and was also a first place winner for historical fiction.
From the Publisher
“One of those books that brings to life a piece of the past that’s little known… It has the feel of a classic.” – Glasgow Herald
Slave to Fortune is a historical adventure novel – suitable for all ages from teenage readers upwards.
Tom Cheke’s world is turned upside-down when he is kidnapped from his home on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England by Barbary corsairs. Sold into slavery in seventeenth-century Algiers, Tom carves out a new and promising life only to have it shattered once more when another twist of fate throws him into the hands of a Scottish knight of the Order of St John and into a turbulent world of ciphers, spies and assassinations.
Against a backdrop of religious intolerance and conflict, Tom’s memoir is a remarkable account of how a young man comes of age, grasping life from the setbacks of fortune. It is a tale of friendship and reconciliation, of intrigue and deceit, in which trust is betrayed and deep-rooted beliefs and values are cast into doubt.
In Slave to Fortune, DJ Munro skilfully captures a bygone era of galleons and gunpowder as the plot twists from the alleyways of Algiers, through the splendour of Malta and the canals of Venice, to maritime Portsmouth and the rustic charms of the Isle of Wight.
With echoes of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped and J. Meade Falkner’s Moonfleet, Slave to Fortune is an uplifting, intelligent adventure. It will spark curiosity and keep readers enthralled.
Slave to Fortune was a #1 best-selling Historical Thriller on Kindle (UK) in October 2017 and also a #1 best-seller for YA Historical Fiction.
Available on Kindle, in paperback and as an audiobook
The adventure unfurls across 17th Europe and North Africa, on land and sea.
Tom’s memoir tells of the life of a European slave in ancient Algiers…
…who falls into the hands of a knight of the Order of St John…
…and into a world of ciphers, spies and assassinations.
Valetta, Malta – headquarters of the Knights of the Order of St John
ASIN : B00WOX1XEI
Publisher : Brighthaven (24 April 2015)
Language : English
File size : 886 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 369 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 151202211X
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