Emma Hamilton
192 pages
|Published: 4 Sep 1978
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ISBN: 9780698109124
Format: Unknown binding
Language: English
Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Publication date: 31 December 1978
Description
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