Book description
Newly-wed Harriet stands poised on the threshold of the adult world.
Her husband, James, is setting off to join the Duke of Wellington's
troops in Spain and left alone in London, Harriet is taken under the
wing of Lady Wellington. While Harriet plunges into a new life of
freedom at home, James faces the bloody reality of the battlefield.
As war rages abroad and England stands on the brink of change,
Harriet and James face hope and heartache in equal measure. From the
mantillas and palms of Seville to the gas lamps of foggy London,
Tides of War returns us to the vivid, lost world of the past.
Stella Tillyard has been described by Simon Schama as 'dazzling...a
phenomenally gifted writer'. Her books include
Aristocrats: Caroline,
Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox,1740-1832
;
Citizen Lord: Edward Fitzgerald, 1763-1798
, and most recently
A Royal Affair: George III and his Troublesome Siblings
. She has lived in the USA and Italy and now lives in London.
