Nelson's Daughter - Softcover

Hearn, Miranda

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ISBN 10: 1973103184 ISBN 13: 9781973103189

Publisher: Independently published, 2017

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She was his other great obsession . . . Vivacious, strong-minded and passionate, Emma Hamilton was the secret mistress of Lord Nelson. This intimate portrait of their affair, shown through the eyes of their young daughter, Horatia, goes to the heart of his captivation with the glamourous Emma - a woman who began life in poverty but rose to marry an aristocrat and to consort with kings. But it is the complex relationship between Emma and her daughter that forms the heart of this unique and brilliant narrative. Shifting between Horatia's idyllic childhood before her father’s death at Trafalgar and, nine years later, the debt-ridden despair of the ageing Emma, Hearn renders the family in all their human frailty. Poignant, absorbing and teeming with life, Nelson's Daughter offers a vivid and beguiling vision of Nelson's most personal legacy.

Praise for Miranda Hearn

‘Her writing is characterful, witty and wise’ - Daily Telegraph ‘A mesmerising and exhilarating novel’ - Guardian ‘The wealth of detail - of the smells and tastes, of food and fashions - which runs through her account brings the Napoleonic era pungently to life . . .’ - Times ‘A fine novel . . . Recommended.’ - Daily Mail ‘A touching tale, steeped in Nelsonian history and desperately honest’ - Oxford Times Miranda Hearn was born in Darlington in 1955 and grew up in Dorset. She worked in theatre before gaining a first class degree in English Literature at the University of London’s Birkbeck College, and has since worked in film production. Her first novel, A Life Everlasting, was published in 2003. Her second novel, Nelson’s Daughter, was published in 2005 and longlisted for the Orange Prize.

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