Nelson's Daughter

In a farmhouse near Calais, a lonely English girl pieces together the life of the legendary Admiral Nelson - the loving godparent she learnt was in fact her father only after his death. What no one tells Horatia is that her companion-in-exile, Nelson’s mistress Emma Hamilton, is also her mother. In this absorbing, superbly imagined novel, an intimate light is cast on the most celebrated couple of their age. But while Nelson and Emma’s story of extraordinary success and grand passion ends in heartbreak, the tale of their secret daughter becomes one of spirited survival.