Title: The valiant fool
Description: Emma Frinton, a captain's daughter, is forced to live in reduced circumstances in a humble cottage in the small fishing village of Ebton, when the French imprison her father. Emma and her mother, Lydia, accept leaving their beloved home in Whitby, but neither of them anticipates the consequences of Emma's kindly actions when she stumbles across an injured man on the dunes. In saving Montgomery Wild's life, she unwittingly finds the key to unlock their family's future.
Subjects: Large type books, Fiction, History, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Places: Great Britain, England
Time periods: 1800-1837