''The White Ship'' is a 2002 historical novel by Australian children's author

Jackie French Jacqueline Anne Ffrench (born 29 November 1953), known professionally as Jackie French, is an Australian author who has written across a number of genres for both adults and children. Her most notable works include '' Rain Stones, Diary of a ...

. 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 Catherine de' Medici ( it, Caterina de' Medici, ; french: Catherine de Médicis, ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Florentine noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King ...

orders the deaths of all French Huguenots. ABE Books website, ''The White Ship''
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Novels by Jackie French 2002 Australian novels HarperCollins books Novels set in the 1570s {{2000s-novel-stub