Description
In 1814, in an isolated farmhouse near Calais, a lonely but determined teenage girl and a broken, embittered woman struggle to live with each other and with the ghosts and secrets of the past.These are no ordinary exiles: the girl is Horatia, Nelson's only child, born in secret, and the woman is Emma Hamilton, reduced to poverty and the oblivion of drink. As Emma relives her own past glories, Horatia remembers the precious days she spent with Nelson the loving godparent whom she learnt was her father only after his death.
Through her eyes and Emma's stories, an intimate portrait emerges of a vain, yet driven man, and of his passionate relationship with Emma the vivacious, strong-minded beauty who rose from humble beginnings.
Moving between the idyll of Horatia's childhood and the gloom of Emma's last months, Nelson's Daughter offers a vivid and beguiling vision of Nelson's most personal legacy.
ISBN:9780340827574
