The Liar's Daughter
by:
Laurie Graham (author)
Nan Brunty’s mother George keeps an alehouse in Deptford, named the Duchess of Brunty, the title she claims would have been hers, had Nelson survived.Eighteenth century Admiralty Regulations forbade women living on board ship, but many found ways around this. George served on a number of ships,...
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Nan Brunty’s mother George keeps an alehouse in Deptford, named the Duchess of Brunty, the title she claims would have been hers, had Nelson survived.Eighteenth century Admiralty Regulations forbade women living on board ship, but many found ways around this. George served on a number of ships, both as a man and unmasked. As Nan narrates her mother’s history she becomes ob
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780857387844 (0857387847)
Publisher: Quercus
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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