====== Francesca Browne (nee Nicholson) ======

{{ :francesca-nicholson.jpg?direct&250|}}Pretty, fashionable and middle-class, Francesca worked as a typist in London and had a keen interest in amateur dramatics and a fine singing voice. An avid reader of novels - with a taste for the fantastic - she was a fan of [[Nathaniel Browne|Nathaniel Browne's]] work before meeting him aboard the [[Viceroy of India]] (where she was travelling with her friend [[Patricia Berry]] to holiday with relatives in [[India]]).

After this encounter:
  * Francesca and Nathaniel became inseparable after just their first meeting, and its was clear to all who knew them that they were quickly falling in love.
  * [[Aftermath - Forever Wondering|Nathaniel married Francesca]] after his return from [[Drakmar]], in 1931, and two had their only child,  Andrew Frederick Browne in 1937.
  * Francesca unfortunately died during a blitz raid in 1941.