The Captain's Wife

Mary Hervey #4

by Storm Jameson

The rich and powerful saga of an English family forging new lives in a world torn by war. She was Mrs. Sylvia Russell now, years into a loveless marriage to a sea captain far beneath her station. Perhaps she had only herself to blame. Self-willed from girlhood, she had rebelled against the wishes of her mother Mary Hervey, head of one of England's great shipbuilding companies, and chosen this life of poverty in hopes of creating from it a future of power and influence of her own. Had she failed? The mainstay of her life was her son Jacob. But then came World War I and Jake joined the Flying Corps--and suddenly Sylvia was confronted with a loss almost beyond her courage to bear... THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE, played across the rich canvas of England thrusting its way into the twentieth century, is the magnificent continuation of Storm Jameson's acclaimed saga of a fascinating and complex family. It is the fourth novel of a series that began with THE LOVELY SHIP, THE VOYAGE HOME and A RICHER DUST.

330 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Margaret Storm Jameson was an English writer, known for her 45 novels, and criticism.

Jameson studied at the University of Leeds, later moving to London, where in 1914 she earned an MA from King's College London. She was a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. She married writer Guy Chapman, but continued to publish as Storm Jameson.

From 1939, Jameson was a prominent president of the British branch of the International PEN association, and active in helping refugee writers. She wrote three volumes of autobiography.

A well-received biography, by Jennifer Birkett, Professor of French Studies at Birmingham University, was published by the Oxford University Press in March 2009.