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SUMMARY:Swashbuckling Heroines and High Seas Adventures 
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable experience as we chat with Vaness
 a Riley about her newest book\, Fire Sword and Sea\, based on the folk sto
 ry of the female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye..\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.in
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Caribbean Sea\, 1675. Jacquotte Delaha
 ye is the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner on the island of T
 ortuga. Instead of marriage\, Jacquotte dreams of joining the seafarers an
 d smugglers whose tall-masted ships cluster in the turquoise waters around
  Tortuga. In Haiti she becomes Jacques\, a dockworker\, earning the respec
 t of those around her while hiding her gender.</p>\n<p>Jacquotte discovers
  that secret identities are fairly common in the chaotic world of seafarin
 g\, which is full of outsiders and misfits. As Jacques\, Jacquotte falls i
 n love with Lizz&ocirc\;a d'Erville\, a beautiful courtesan who deals in s
 ecrets and sex. While others see their work clothes as a disguise\, Lizz&o
 circ\;a&rsquo\;s true self is as a woman.</p>\n<p>For the next twenty year
 s\, Jacquotte raids the Caribbean\, making enemies and amassing a fortune 
 in stolen gold. When her fellow pirates decide to increase their profits b
 y entering the slave trade\, Jacquotte turns away from piracy and the purs
 uit of riches. Risking her life in one deadly skirmish after another\, she
  instead begins to plot a war of liberation.</p>\n<p>Don&rsquo\;t miss out
  on this exciting discussion! Register now to embark on a seafaring journe
 y of self discovery and reclamation of personal power.</p>\n<p><strong>Abo
 ut the Author</strong>: Vanessa Riley is an award-winning author and proud
  recipient of the 2024 Georgia Mystery/Detective Fiction Author of the Yea
 r. She writes Sagas and Book Club Fiction that brings to life the hidden n
 arratives of Black women and women of color in novels like <em>Island Quee
 n</em> and <em>Queen of Exiles</em>. Her stories celebrate strong sisterho
 ods\, diverse communities\, and resilience across historical fiction\, rom
 ance\, and mystery genres.Her work has been featured in the <em>Atlanta Jo
 urnal-Constitution\, Washington Post\, Entertainment Weekly\, NPR\, Publis
 hers Weekly\, </em>and <em>The New York Times</em>.</p>\n<p><em>This progr
 am is sponsored by the <a href="https://www.alexandrialibraryfoundation.or
 g/">Alexandria Library Foundation</a>.</em></p>\n<p>Register for upcoming 
 book talks and stream previously broadcast book talks <a href="https://lib
 raryc.org/alexlibraryva">here</a>.</p>\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/eve
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