Author Talk with Katherine Howe
| Dates: | Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - Wednesday, March 18, 2026 |
| Hours: | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm |
| Ages: | Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $ see below |
| Category: | Lectures/Discussions |
Blending historical research with page-turning adventure, the novel follows a young woman who disguises herself as a cabin boy and joins a pirate crew in search of freedom and fortune during the Golden Age of Piracy.
Howe will discuss the history behind the story and the art of bringing the past to life through fiction.
About the Book:
From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one young woman’s unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time.
In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury – bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood – is ready to take her life into her own hands.
When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of a treasure in the Caribbean spread, Hannah is forced to flee for her life, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the pitiless crew of the notorious pirate Edward “Ned” Low.
To earn the freedom to choose a path for herself, Hannah must hunt down the treasure and change the tides.
Meanwhile, professor Marian Beresford pieces Hannah’s story together in 1930, seeing her own lack of freedom reflected back at her as she watches Hannah’s transformation.
At the center of Hannah Masury’s account, however, lies a centuries-old mystery that Marian is determined to solve, just as Hannah may have been determined to take it to her grave.
A True Account tells the unforgettable story of two women in different worlds, both shattering the rules of their own society and daring to risk everything to go out on their own account.
About Katherine Howe:
Katherine Howe is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian and novelist.
She is the author of several novels for adults and young adults, has edited two volumes of primary sources for Penguin Classics, and is the co-author with Anderson Cooper of the #1 New York Times bestselling books VANDERBILT and ASTOR.
Katherine has appeared on “Good Morning America,” “CBS This Morning,” NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” the BBC, the History Channel, Smithsonian TV, the Travel Channel, and she hosted “Salem: Unmasking the Devil” for National Geographic.
Her fiction has been translated into over twenty languages.
She holds a BA in art history and philosophy from Columbia and an MA in American and New England studies from Boston University.
A native Houstonian and avid sailor, she lives in New England with her family, where she is at work on her next book.
(Headshot credit: Beowulf Sheehan)
Afternoon Enrichment Series • Included with general museum admission • Ages: Adults • Registration not required
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$15.00
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www.wenhammuseum.org/event/author-talk-with-katherine-howe/
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Wenham Museum, 132 Main Street, Wenham, MA, 01984 map
Phone: 9784682377
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