Cover of The Ship of Brides

The Ship of Brides

  • 2005 first published
  • 496 pages
  • 16 editions

Jojo Moyes's The Ship of Brides (2005) is a historical romance novel. It takes readers to Australia and England in the 20th century. Key subjects include Great Britain, Great Britain. Royal Navy, ocean travel and war brides.

44 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 16 editions across 3 languages.

At about 496 pages, most readers finish it in 9–10 hours.

About The Ship of Brides

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and One Plus One, in an earlier work available in the U.S. for the first time, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures. 1946. World War II has ended and all over the world, young women are beginning to fulfill the promises made to the men they wed in wartime. In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other war brides on an extraordinary voyage to England-aboard HMS Victoria, which still carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers. Rules are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier's captain down to the lowliest young deckhand. But the men and the brides will find their lives intertwined despite the Navy's ironclad sanctions. And for Frances Mackenzie, the complicated young woman whose past comes back to haunt her far from home, the journey will change her life in ways she never could have predicted - forever"--
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain. Royal Navy
  • Ocean travel
  • War brides
  • Wartime brides-Fiction
  • Immigration-England-Fiction
  • World war, 1939-1945
  • Historical romance
  • Australia
  • England
  • Romance
  • World War, 1939-1945 fast, OCoLCfst01180924
  • Historical
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • FICTION / Romance / Historical
  • FICTION / Historical

Quick answers

Who wrote The Ship of Brides?

The Ship of Brides was written by Jojo Moyes and first published in 2005.

What genre is The Ship of Brides?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance.

How long is The Ship of Brides?

The median edition has 496 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Ship of Brides?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Thorn Birds, Outlander and Persuasion.

More by Jojo Moyes

All books →
  • Cover of The Giver of Stars

    The Giver of Stars

    Jojo Moyes, Eva Carballeira Díaz;Jesús De La Torre Olid;

    2019★ 4.7

  • Cover of The Girl You Left Behind

    The Girl You Left Behind

    Jojo Moyes, Ana Momplet Chico;

    2012

Books like The Ship of Brides

  • Cover of The Thorn Birds

    The Thorn Birds

    Colleen McCullough

    1977★ 3.7

  • Cover of Outlander

    Outlander

    Diana Gabaldon

    1991★ 4.1

  • FREE🎧
    Cover of Persuasion

    Persuasion

    Jane Austen

    1789★ 4.2

  • Cover of Atonement

    Atonement

    Ian McEwan

    2001★ 3.7

  • Cover of El amante japonés

    El amante japonés

    Isabel Allende

    2000★ 4.1

  • Cover of Whitney, My Love

    Whitney, My Love

    Judith McNaught

    1985★ 4.1

  • Cover of The Bridgertons

    The Bridgertons

    Julia Quinn

    2013★ 4.4

  • Cover of Brooklyn

    Brooklyn

    Colm Tóibín

    2009★ 3.6