On A Making Tide

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2001
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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.

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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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 672
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 0752844253
ISBN 13: 9780752844251
Book Overview: A massive two volume novel that will transcend genre boundaries On a Making Tide is the only novel in print about our greatest hero, Horatio Nelson Not just an epic historical adventure, it is also a powerful and moving love story Epic historical fiction in the bestselling tradition of Clavell and Smith; and all of it based on truth The conclusion to the story of Nelson and Emma, Nelson: Breaking the Line, is to be published simultaneously, in Orion trade ( Donachie's views on Nelson will court controversy amongst historians

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David Donachie has had more jobs than birthdays. He now writes full time and lives in Deal with his wife and two children.

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