Cat o'Nine Tails

Cat o'Nine Tails

'This is a terrific read. One can't help being in awe of Julia Golding's talent for storytelling in a book that grips you from the first page'

– The Daily Telegraph, 15 September 2007

Cat o’Nine Tails

Cat o'nine tails book cover

His Majesty's Ship Courageous this present day calls all able bodied volunteers who desire great honour by serving the Royal Navy. Loyalty, courage and gallantry will be met with the warmest encouragement from Commander of the King's ship, Captain Barton. Early applications for the voyage are welcomed as Courageous will sail with immediate despatch. God Save the King.

Presenting the fourth volume from our famous feisty heroine Cat Royal... In which Cat becomes an unlikely recruit for the British Navy, takes passage to America and navigates her way through a fiendish plot to do away with Lord Francis, heir to a dukedom. From the grand Assembly Rooms of Bath to the wilds of a new frontier, Cat finds she is for once quite out of her depth. All aboard, Cat's going abroad.

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morgan wrote on 01 September 2008:

dear juilia irealy want book 3 but it dosen't come out till spring 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pleas hury up morgan (Are you in the States? Sorry for the wait there but the series has only just got underway for my US readers. Julia)

Victoria wrote on 01 September 2008:

If you end your series after nine books I will hunt you down and... I love Cat Royal and I just ended Den of thieves to day and I've ordered for the next book which'll come tomorrow and I've spent this whole day being exited about it! I can't wait till tomorrow!

Tess wrote on 23 August 2008:

OH my god, this is one of the best books i have ever read! I loved the kiss and all the tiny hints regarding romance. It was soooo exciting, i couldn't put it down!!! I love these books!!!

Tess wrote on 21 August 2008:

This is one, if not the best book i have ever read. I just love it! I loved the kiss at the beginning and i can't wait to see who Cat goes with!!!!!!!! I think it'll b Frank, Syd or Billy. I can't wait till the next book comes out!!!!!!

Tinkerbell wrote on 17 August 2008:

Hello Julia Golding, For our book week you came in and did a workshop with us which was really fun! Thanks very much for coming to our school. My favourite book is Cat O' Nine Tails because to me it had the most adventure in it and it was really clever the title, her name and the whip how they all combined together. I can't wait till Cats cradle comes out. (Is that really your nickname???J)

Clare wrote on 14 August 2008:

I have just finished reading Cat O' Nine Tails and i loved it so much!!!!!! I have read all the other books and i can't wait to read Black heart of Jamaica! I agree with everyone who says you should never end the series!!!!! P.s I am currently in the middle of the new Darcie Lock book 'Empty Quarter' and it's brilliant!!!!

Katie P wrote on 11 August 2008:

I started reading Cat Royal a week ago and i have finished all 5 (i am very fast!!!) so please hurry up with cats cradle and the other 3!!!! Cat O'Nine Tails is my fave but ill have to wait for the others! judging by cat royal, i think i will read some of your other books. YOU RULE!!!

cassy wrote on 09 August 2008:

OMG I LURRRRV UR BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plz rute more i relly x100 like this book just wanted to say! =] bye cassy xxxxxxx

Chuck wrote on 29 July 2008:

So clever! With the nine lives and the nine tales and the nine "tails" and...well the way you piece your stories together is just brilliant! And that kiss! Oh I've never liked a book so much - thank you for being such a fantastic author!

Deena wrote on 26 July 2008:

OMG!! I READ it and it was sooooooo GOOD^^ i love julia golding books....And i cant wait for Cats Cardle^^:D I wonder wat happens in Cats cardle??

Anne Marie wrote on 17 July 2008:

i think that title is so cool because there's nine tales in the cat royal series! A-M

Tara wrote on 05 July 2008:

I think this is a great book and I recomend it to everyone, this was proberbly one of my favourite Cat Royal books! I think your books are fantastic! I cant wait till Cats Cradle

Deena wrote on 29 June 2008:

Oh My God I read all the comments and i cant wait to read this book I"m getting it this monday! AHH Cat and syd fighting i'm interested! i think tht cat should either go with billy or Syd!! Whats going to happen next?? Who is cat going to go with?? and what about the french boy on the 3rd series!?

Sarah B wrote on 21 June 2008:

I absolutly LOVE your books! I cant belive there is only 9 in the series! I really liked this book and i did a speech on it at school, for a competition, guess what....... I WON! CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE TO COME OUT! x

Janet wrote on 20 June 2008:

i know its quite late and that you are already working on your next next book, but Cat O' NIne Tails was great. never end the series.

Miss G wrote on 16 June 2008:

I love this series of books - most of which have been read in one sitting! But this one really captured me! The way they relationships are played out before me truly made me believe that they were real people - it was so hard to read Cat telling Syd about the kiss as I knew it would break his heart! Sad, but that's how involved I was! I have been recommending them to anyone who'll listen! A fantastic series! Thank you so much for writing them!

Mikayla wrote on 15 June 2008:

i love your cat royal books! they are the best ever!!! i think my favourite out of the five you've writen has to be... Cat O' Nine Tails. my favourite bit was when Cat had to fight Syd on the ship and when she said that she kissed billy shepherd was so funny! i also love the bit when she meets the Indians. and when she had to get on the piebald horse that was meant "broken in" but not completley and she kept falling off it! so funny! and i thought the part when little turtle called her "wife" one time was hilarious!!! and she tried to make up some excuse that she had already promised her heart to someone else! and my most favourite part was when she galloped into this meeting to tell everyone how ***** faked the attack that got her and her friends on the ship in the first place. i love your books! the best ones i have ever read!!! ps. i think it would have been cool if Cat and Syd really got together before Black Heart of Jamica at least. or after they made up after the fight on the ship and they really got together would have been sweet. but i love your books as they are!!!

Amy wrote on 12 June 2008:

The best book of the cat royal series!!!!

grace and natasha wrote on 06 June 2008:

we absolutely adore your books. they are so amazing and we can't keep our hands off the end of cat O' Nine Tails!!! We are having a major argument as to whether Cat should end up with Frank or Syd. Natasha says 'Go Frank,' and Grace supports Syd.

Cloe wrote on 22 May 2008:

This book is really good! I read it 3 times in a row after getting it and i'm not getting tired of it!! It's really romantic!! Syd is PERFECT 4 Cat!! I can't wait for Cat's Cradle... Is Syd going to be in it???? (Um... possibly Julia)

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