The Captain's Daughters: A passionate and page-turning Tyneside saga

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Northumberland, 1880. Sisters Josie and Flora Walton couldn't be more different. Flaxen-haired Flora is the image of her beautiful mother, who died tragically in childbirth. Sensible Josie favours her father, in looks as well as temperament, and she is always getting her mischievous sister out of scrapes. But when Captain Walton dies, the girls discover the shocking truth about their parentage...A passionate and page-turning saga, The Captain's Daughters will sweep you into the lives of the unforgettable Walton girls - as different as day is to night, but bound by an unbreakable cord; the love shared by sisters.

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Praise for Benita Brown: 'Romance, heartache and local history make a magical mixture...passion on every page * Northern Echo *
An ultimately heartwarming tale. Unlike some sagas, all the main characters here are well drawn...a satisfying read * Historical Novels Review *
A splendidly powerful and touching saga of love, passion and lust * Newcastle Evening Chronicle *
Captures the atmosphere and emotion of the first part of the 20th century * Sunderland Echo *
A must for Catherine Cookson fans * Wiltshire Times *
You won't be able to put it down * Yours magazine *
A powerful story * Lancashire Evening Post *
A wonderfully Dickensian flavour... Everyone in the book is alive and believable * Historical Novels Review *

Author Bio

Benita Brown was born and brought up in Newcastle by her English mother and Indian father. She went to drama school in London where she met her husband who, also from Newcastle, was working for the BBC. Not long after, she returned to her home town where she did some teaching and broadcasting and brought up four children. She is now a full-time writer.