Hope
By: Lesley Pearse
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 659
ISBN-13: 9780718147075; 9780718147082; 9780141016993
Subjects: Social life and customs; Crimean War (1853-1856) fast (OCoLC)fst00883120; Nurses; Illegitimacy; Manners and customs; Crimean War, 1853-1856; Fiction
Description: Somerset, 1836, and baby Hope is cast out from a world of privilege as living proof of her mother's adultery? Smuggled away from the Harveys and Briargate House to a nearby village, Hope grows up in the arms of the warm and loving Renton family, unaware of her true identity. But fate has harsh plans for Hope and a chain of events sees her forced to lead a vagabond's existence until she finds the courage to fight back and prove herself a fearless and able nurse, a vocation that takes her to the horrific battlefields of the Crimea. But the secrets of the past are not yet done with Hope Renton and she must return to England to face the legacy of her birth?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.