Tested by Fate cover art

Tested by Fate

The Nelson & Emma Trilogy, Part Two

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Tested by Fate

By: David Donachie
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.99

Buy Now for £13.99

Only £0.99 a month for the first 3 months. Pay £0.99 for the first 3 months, and £8.99/month thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Start my membership

About this listen

It’s 1784, and Nelson is sent to the Caribbean to enforce the hated Navigation Acts. While there, he marries Franny Nisbet. Ordered next to the Mediterranean, he engages in a string of spectacular naval battles. The ravages of war take their physical toll on Nelson, even as he gains the fame and honour he craves.

At the same time, Emma, mistress of Charles Greville, sits as an artist’s model. When Charles’ uncle, Sir William Hamilton, joins them in Naples, Emma finds herself the object of Hamilton’s desire. When the mercurial Nelson pays them a visit, she is inexplicably drawn to him.

Her eventual marriage to Hamilton seems the epitome of good fortune – but how can she forget Nelson, when he has not forgotten her?

©2000 David Donachie (P)2012 Soundings Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Sea Adventures Adventure

Listeners also enjoyed...

 On a Making Tide cover art
By the Mast Divided cover art
The Devil's Own Luck cover art
The Contraband Shore cover art
A Shred of Honour cover art
Lieutenant Fury cover art
The Colonial Post-Captain cover art
Mr Midshipman Fury cover art
Napoleon's Run cover art
A Talent for Trouble cover art
Midshipman Bolitho cover art
Brewer's Luck: Hornblower's Legacy cover art
Kydd cover art
H.M.S Valor cover art
The King's Coat cover art
The Shores of Tripoli cover art
All stars
Most relevant
Both informative and enlightening as well as easy to listen to. I will recommend this to all

Enjoyable

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.