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What happens when saving someone you love means testing the duty that binds you?
In The Admiral's Daughter, Margaret Stuart Lane brings together historical adventure, personal love, and the pressure of duty. At its heart is a heroine caught between family obligations and the effort to protect someone dear. Private feelings meet public danger, and loyalty becomes more than a promise: it is something that must hold when a life is at stake.
Ships, harbours, and the discipline of naval life give this sea-minded adventure its setting. Letters, ranks, and old codes of honour shape the pressures of the past. Against that background, a heroine's family obligations and personal love pull in different directions. The fight to protect someone dear brings those larger demands close to the heart.
What you’ll discover
- A world of ships Step into a sea-minded setting where harbours and naval discipline matter beyond the scenery.
- A heroine between loyalties Follow a heroine placed between the demands of family duty and her own heart.
- Courage with a cost Consider what bravery asks when a choice can save a life or endanger one.
- Old codes of honour Explore the weight of rank, promises, and duties in a story shaped by the past.
- Adventure with personal stakes Enter a historical story where public danger reaches into the lives of those who love.
Who will love it
Readers who enjoy brave heroines, loyal friendships, hidden identities and urgent rides will love this book. It suits lovers of England's past and adventures where quick wits matter as much as swords.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Plain words can carry deadly risks
- Marion steadies Roger's dangerous loyalty
- A new friendship brings hidden doubts
- Charity follows a troubling secret
- Two letters break the ballroom spell
- Marion risks secrecy on the road
- An attic window offers a chance
- Changing viewpoints keep secrets in motion
- Loyalty teaches Marion to act differently
Who’s who
- Marion PenrockThe Admiral's gray-eyed daughter, raised like a boy at Garth, who is honest, brave and quick to act when her friends are in danger.
- Roger TrevannionA tall, kind-hearted young landowner who dreams of going to sea, and whose loyalty to his friends often outruns his caution.
- Admiral PenrockMarion's wooden-legged father, a feared magistrate and loyal royalist with a soft heart, who wants his daughter to be happy.
- Elise de DelauretThe Admiral's French ward, who is sharp, secretive and hostile to Roger, and who seems to be hiding something.
- Simone LeblancA grave young French seamstress with no memory of her childhood, who becomes Marion's devoted companion.
- Lady Constance FairfaxMarion's witty aunt in Kensington, a favorite at court who wants to see her niece shine.
- Mistress Keziah PenrockThe Admiral's stern sister in Exeter, who scolds everyone and is fiercely protective of those she loves.
- Colonel SampsonA languid courtier and old soldier who fought beside the Admiral and who watches Simone with growing curiosity.
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The Admiral's Daughter
A girl in a Cornish village risks everything to free the boy she loves from a death sentence.
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Picture a cliff top in a Cornish spring, and a girl who is about to ride the length of England against the clock. The Admiral's Daughter is a historical adventure by Margaret Stuart Lane.
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Roger longs for the sea and Marion urges hope
The book opens on a headland near Garth, a Cornish fishing village. Roger Trevannion, eighteen and a half, stares at a ship called the Fair Return, which sails on the next tide. His father drowned at sea, and his mother begs him to wait.
Marion Penrock finds him there with a basket on her arm.
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Lane, Margaret Stuart. The Admiral's Daughter. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-admirals-daughter.
Lane, M. S. (2026). The admiral's daughter. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-admirals-daughter
Lane, Margaret Stuart. The Admiral's Daughter. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-admirals-daughter.
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What is The Admiral's Daughter about?
It follows Marion Penrock, the daughter of a Cornish admiral, who leaves her home for London society and then races back west to save her childhood friend Roger Trevannion from Judge Jeffreys' justice.
When is The Admiral's Daughter set?
It takes place shortly after the Monmouth Rebellion, in the reign of James II, when Judge Jeffreys held his Bloody Assize in the West Country. Real events frame an invented story of Cornish families.
Who are the main characters in The Admiral's Daughter?
The main characters are Marion Penrock, Roger Trevannion, Admiral Penrock, the French ward Elise, the seamstress Simone, and the two aunts, Lady Constance Fairfax and Mistress Keziah Penrock.
The author
Margaret Stuart Lane
1907–1994 · English novelist and biographer
Margaret Stuart Lane (1907–1994) was an English novelist, journalist and biographer. She lived in England and wrote under the name Margaret Lane. Her books included the novel The Admiral’s Daughter and The Tale of Beatrix Potter, a biography published in 1946. She also wrote about the Brontë family.
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