Tested by Fate (The Nelson and Emma Trilogy)
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ISBN: 1590130421 / Publisher: McBooks Press, March 2004
A compelling read and a probing expostion of the working of the British navy in the late 18th century.—Edward Cline
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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.
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