A certain splendour

In A Certain Splendour, Carola Salisbury tells the moving story of a young woman's journey from riches to rags. Faith Dangerfield enjoys the privileged life of British naval high society in the golden days before The Great War of 1914-18. The only daughter of a widowed Commodore, she plays hostess on her father's luxury yacht from Portsmouth to Malta, from Monte Carlo to Alexandria. But Faith's father makes what is thought to be a reckless manoeuvre at sea, resulting in his court martial and disgrace. The key witness at his trial is Jack Cummings, an officer to whom Faith ad formed an…