Book Launch: Frances Barkley by Cathy Converse
Join bestselling author Cathy Converse at the Maritime Museum of BC for an afternoon of sailing stories and maritime adventures to celebrate the launch of her new book, Frances Barkley: Eighteenth-century Seafarer.
Friday, May 12, 2023
4:00 pm
Maritime Museum of BC
744 Douglas Street, Victoria, B.C.
- Free with Museum admission ($10)
- Save your spot by registering here
- Books will be available for sale & signing
- Everyone welcome!
Frances Barkley: Eighteenth-century Seafarer is a riveting re-telling of the voyages of Frances Barkley (1769–1845), who as a young woman travelled the world on a trading mission with her sea captain husband. The book is not simply a re-issue of Frances’s own reminiscences, but a work of creative non-fiction—an extensive reimagining of her time at sea, supplemented through extensive historical, geographic, and nautical research.
