The White Ship (French novel)

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

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 forced to flee their home, an island off 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.