Horatio Nelson was 12 years old when he arrived at Chatham to join his first ship the Raisonable (moored next to his last, the Victory). On the same day, Emma Hamilton was taken to the house of her mother¿s employer to be educated. On a Making Tide takes Nelson and Emma to 1798 and the battle of the Nile, the crushing victory which secured Nelson¿s fame. Following both Nelson¿s exceptional career and the spirited progress of Emma, it is a story of talent and character overcoming tradition and expectation; a story of a society on the cusp of the liberal 18th and conservative 19th centuries and the fate of two people caught in the middle of the change. From Arctic ice flow to Neapolitan courtroom, from single ship actions in the dank English channel to fleet actions in the mouth of the Nile, this is the story of a great hero, a doomed love affair and a war that stretched across the world.
Nelson und Emma Reihe
Diese Serie taucht tief in das turbulente Leben und die leidenschaftliche Liebesaffäre zweier ikonischer Persönlichkeiten ein, die sich ihren Stand und gesellschaftlichen Konventionen widersetzten. Begleiten Sie sie auf ihrem außergewöhnlichen Weg von bescheidenen Anfängen bis zum Gipfel von Ruhm und Reichtum. Die Erzählungen erforschen Themen wie Ehrgeiz, gesellschaftlichen Wandel und die gefährliche Natur verbotener Liebe. Es ist ein Einblick in das Leben von Menschen, die Erwartungen und Traditionen in einer entscheidenden historischen Epoche überwinden wollen.
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Tested by Fate
- 416 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
It's 1784 and Nelson is sent to the Caribbean to enforce the hated Navigation Acts. While there, he marries Fanny Nisbet. Ordered next to the Mediterranean, he engages in a string of spectacular naval battles: Cape St Vincent, Tenerife, and the Nile. The ravages of war take their physical toll on Nelson, even as he gains the fame and honor he desperately craves.
Breaking the Line
- 368 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
Having evacuated the King and Queen of Naples ahead of Napoleon's advancing army, Nelson must now await developments in Sicily. In the meantime, he and Emma savor their passionate affair, and when Nelson travels back to Britain with the Hamiltons, he finds he is the toast of Europe. Finally he is given the chance he's been waiting for: off a little-known Spanish cape, called Trafalgar, he will show the world what he is made of!