The White Ship (French novel)

The White Ship
First edition
AuthorJackie French
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical fiction, children's literature
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
2002
Publication placeAustralia


The White Ship is a 2002 historical novel by Australian children's author Jackie French. The novel, set in 1572, follows the journey of a group of Protestant children who are forced to flee their home, an island off the coast of France, upon a defecting warship known as "The White Ship", after Catherine de' Medici orders the deaths of all French Huguenots.[1][2]

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