by Julia Gregson · Orion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781409102656
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«The Water Horse» is Julia Gregson's historical romance novel, published by Orion in paperback (480 pages, in English).
It follows Catherine Carreg, a young woman from a Welsh village who flees to London with Deio's help and finds work in a residence for sick governesses run by Florence Nightingale. When the Crimean War breaks out, Catherine volunteers as a nurse and discovers in Scutari the horrors of conflict, love, and loss.
The work was originally published in 2004; this Orion paperback edition appeared in February 2008.
For readers of historical and romantic fiction set in the Victorian era, with an interest in the Crimean War and Florence Nightingale.
Julia Gregson is a British writer of short stories and novels. Her first published short story won Ryman's Literary Review Short story award. In 2009, her novel East of the Sun won the Prince Maurice Prize for Literary Love stories, and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
