Hearts of Oak: A Story of Nelson and the Navy
1892
Hearts of Oak: A Story of Nelson and the Navy
1892
In the age of Horatio Nelson, when the Royal Navy ruled the seas and British courage was measured in storms weathered and battles won, a young orphan named Tom Bure finds his destiny on the coast of England. Taken in by a cottage household centered around Uncle Bob, a disabled sailor whose weathered wisdom belies his broken body, Tom's quiet life of domestic warmth is shattered when he spots a ship foundering in the teeth of a gale from his makeshift crow's nest. His quick thinking in the rescue that follows marks him as something special: a boy born for the sea. Yet Tom carries a secret, the son of a captain lost to the ocean and a mother whose identity remains shrouded in mystery. What unfolds is a rousing tale of maritime adventure, community spirit, and the formation of a young man whose "hearts of oak" will echo the legendary bravery of Nelson himself. Stables delivers a boy's adventure tale that pulses with genuine derring-do, salt-spray atmosphere, and the unshakeable bonds of found family.
