WATER HORSE

Catherine Carreg has grown up a tomboy, spending her days racing herponies with Deio, the drover's son, in a small Welsh village. ButCatherine is consumed by a longing to escape the monotony of village lifeand, with Deio's help, runs away to London. Alone in the unfamiliar bustle of the city, Catherine finds a position ina rest home for sick governesses in Harley Street, run by Miss FlorenceNightingale. Then, as the nation is gripped by reports of the war in theCrimea, Catherine volunteers as a nurse - and her life changes beyond allrecognition. Arriving in Scutari, she is pitched into a living nightmare and, againstthe passion and heroism of one of the most traumatic wars in history, sheis forced to grow up quickly and painfully, and learn the hardest lessonsof love and war.