Jenny Barden has had a love of history and adventure ever since an encounter in infancy with a suit of armour at Tamworth Castle. Training as an artist, followed by a career as a city solicitor, did little to help displace her early dream of becoming a knight. Impelled by a fascination with the Age of Discovery, she has travelled widely in South and Central America, and much of the inspiration for her book Mistress of the Sea came from retracing the footsteps of Francis Drake in Panama.
AOS Other Nautical Fiction |
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| Year | Book | Comment |
| 1570 | Mistress of the Sea | An epic, romantic swashbuckling Elizabethan adventure set at the time of Drake, pirates and privateers |
| The Lost Duchess | Once a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth Emme is bound for Virginia. | |