Emma Hamilton

Emma Hamilton

192 pages
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Published: 4 Sep 1978
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ISBN: 9780698109124

Format: Unknown binding

Language: English

Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan

Publication date: 31 December 1978

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Emma Hamilton was lover and confidente to some of the greatest men of her time.Born a poor country girl of immense charm with kindness and ambition, Emma Hamilton becomes the wife of Sir William Hamilton, the British Ambassador to Naples, then meets and falls in love with the darling of Britain - Horatio Nelson. With extraordinary sensitivity, Norah Lofts has captured the changing, volatile, intriguing character of Emma Hamilton. Her lucid narrative is enhanced by selections from Emma's letters and many portraits by the great painters of her time.Non-fiction