After helping her father rescue the survivors of a shipwreck on the coast of England in 1838, Grace Darling finds her quiet life crumbling around her as she is unwillingly fashioned into a national hero.
"After helping her father rescue the survivors of a shipwreck on the coast of England in 1838, Grace Darling finds her quiet life crumbling around her as she is unwillingly fashioned into a national hero."
"On a stormy night, Grace, the daughter of a light-house keeper, rowed to the rescue of a foundering ship. Her heroic actions made her a name in history, but the consequences were more fearsome ... _"
"After helping her father rescue the survivors of a shipwreck on the coast of England in 1838, Grace Darling finds her quiet life crumbling around her as she is unwillingly fashioned into a national hero."@en
"In the early hours of 7th September, 1838, a young woman and her father rowed through a fierce storm to rescue survivors from a shipwrecked paddle-steamer. That single act of courage was to make Grace Darling's name famous throughout Britain. Compassionate, evocative and totally enthralling, this novel powerfully portrays a modest young woman suddenly exposed to the glare of publicity and all that it generates."
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