If only she'd been born a boy, Tamsyn would never have been sent away to Uncle Gideon's - the armourer's - house when her grandmother died.But instead, she is bound for busy, bustling Tudor London, and the armourer's house, far from the coast and far from her beloved ships.

If only she'd been born a boy, Tamsyn would never have been sent away to Uncle Gideon's - the armourer's - house when her grandmother died.But instead, she is bound for busy, bustling Tudor London, and the armourer's house, far from the coast and far from her beloved ships.