1. On a Making Tide
Horatio Nelson enters the Royal Navy as a twelve-year-old midshipman and learns command through hardship, illness and service during the American Revolutionary War. In parallel, Emma Lyon escapes domestic service and begins using beauty, performance and patronage to rise through Georgian society. The novel follows their…
2. Tested by Fate
In 1784, Nelson sails to the Caribbean to enforce the Navigation Acts and marries the widowed Fanny Nisbet. His return to war brings battles at Cape St Vincent, Tenerife and the Nile, winning fame while leaving permanent physical and emotional injuries. Emma Lyon becomes the mistress…
3. Breaking the Line
After the Battle of the Nile, Nelson becomes a national hero and helps the Bourbon court recover Naples. His attachment to Emma Hamilton is now public enough to trouble the Admiralty and to complicate his standing at court and within his own family. The story follows…