In September 1838, a fierce storm shattered the steamship Forfarshire against the rocks of the Farne Islands. From Longstone Lighthouse, twenty-two-year-old Grace Darling watched the wreck through her father's telescope—and spotted survivors clinging to the rocks. Defying towering waves and her own frail strength, Grace and her father rowed nearly a mile through the raging sea to save them. Overnight, the lighthouse keeper's daughter became Victorian England's most beloved heroine. This is her extraordinary true story of courage, compassion, and the price of fame—a young woman whose single daring act still shines like the light she tended.
