The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton
Author | : Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1814 |
Genre | : Admirals |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1814 |
Genre | : Admirals |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Flora Fraser |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 2012-03-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1408832569 |
'Bewitchingly readable, authoritative' The Times 'At last, in Flora Fraser, Lady Hamilton has a biographer able to capture both the woman and her times' Amanda Foreman Born in the eighteenth century, Emma Hamilton was a woman ahead of her time. Her rise to fame and fortune seemed unstoppable – until she began her infamous love affair with Admiral Lord Nelson. Beloved Emma follows Emma Hamilton's journey from Liverpool to London and her life as an artist's assistant, through glittering successes as the wife of Sir William Hamilton in Naples, and that notorious romance with Nelson, to her painful descent from the heights of fame to an early death in Calais. Flora Fraser captures the energy, purpose and sexuality that drove this extraordinary woman through her tumultuous life.
Author | : Horatio Nelson |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2018-09-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3734046513 |
Reproduction of the original: The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton by Horatio Nelson
Author | : Kate Williams |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2009-06-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307484297 |
She was the most famous woman in England–the beautiful model for society painters Joshua Reynolds and George Romney, an icon of fashion, the wife of an ambassador, and the mistress of naval hero Horatio Nelson. But Emma Hamilton had been born to the poverty of a coal-mining town and spent her teenage years working as a prostitute. From the brothels of London to the glittering court of Naples and the pretentious country estate of the most powerful admiral in England, British debut historian Kate Williams captures the life of Emma Hamilton with all its glamour and heartbreak. In lucid, engaging prose, Williams brings to life a complex and intelligent woman. Emma is sensuous, generous, artistic, at once shamelessly seductive and recklessly ambitious. Willing to do anything for love and fame, she sets out to make herself a star–and she succeeds beyond even her wildest dreams. By the age of twenty-six, she leaves behind the precarious life of a courtesan to become Lady Hamilton, wife of Sir William Hamilton–the aging, besotted, and probably impotent British ambassador to the court of Naples. But everything changes when Lord Nelson steams into Naples harbor fresh from his triumph at the Battle of the Nile and literally falls into Emma’s adoring arms. Their all-consuming romance–conducted amid the bloody tumult of the Napoleonic Wars–makes Emma an international celebrity, especially when she returns to England pregnant with Nelson’s baby. With a novelist’s flair and an historian’s eye for detail, Williams conjures up the world that Emma Hamilton conquered by the sheer force of her charisma. All but inventing the art of publicity, Emma turned herself into a kind of flesh-and-blood goddess–celebrated by wits and artists, adored by thousands, and, for a time, very rich. Yet Emma was willing to throw it all away for the man she adored. After four years of archival research and making use of hundreds of previously undiscovered letters and documents, Kate Williams sets the record straight on one of the most fascinating and ravishing women in history. England’s Mistress captures the relentless drive, the innovative style, and the burning passion of a true heroine.
Author | : Quintin Colville |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-11-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0500252203 |
The first publication to focus on the fashionable, ambitious, Emma Hamilton, an influential historical figure in her own right Emma Hamilton (1765–1815) rose from humble origins to national and international fame as a model, performer, trendsetter, and interpreter of neo-classical fashion, though she was probably best known as the mistress of Lord Nelson and the muse of the English portrait painter George Romney. Usually portrayed in a passive and supporting role as muse or lover, her tragic trajectory from childhood prostitution to final destitution and neglect has been used to present her story as being by turns sordid and ridiculous. This landmark publication recovers Emma Hamilton from myth and misrepresentation, and reveals her as the active and influential historical actor she truly was. The arc of this life—her ambitions, successes, and hardships–is viewed through a new lens, one that places her in a wider context of female celebrity. Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, this book provides a fresh evaluation of her artistic undertakings, cultural achievements, and legacy.
Author | : Flora Fraser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781557780089 |
Author | : Susan Sontag |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780312420079 |
Set in 18th century Naples, based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and peopled with many of the great figures of the day, this unconventional, bestselling historical romance from the National Book Award-winning author of In America touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector's obsessions, and, above all, love.
Author | : Miranda Hearn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Admirals |
ISBN | : 9780340827567 |
An intriguing novel about Nelson and Lady Hamilton's secret daughter Horatia - Nelson's only descendant - that centres around the complex relationship between Horatia and the woman she believed was only her godmother.
Author | : Jonathan North |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2018-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445679388 |
The forgotten crime of England's greatest hero, Nelson, in the midst of his affair with Lady Hamilton.
Author | : Edgar Vincent |
Publisher | : Springer Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 1018 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780300102604 |
Legendary for his exploits in war and love, Admiral Horatio Nelson comes into clear view in this captivating new biography. ?This is a wonderful book, the best modern biography of Britain's greatest admiral.”?John Keegan, Daily Telegraph ?A great biography and a poignant love story.”?Benjamin Schwarz, Atlantic Monthly ?A masterly biography, cool and sharp in long shots, intimately persuasive in close focus, at all times difficult to put down and as timely as it is suggestive in its implications.”?Hilary Spurling, New York Times Book Review ?A splendid biography, not only because it is well written and well researched, but also because it neither seeks to demean the hero nor excuse the man. Heroism becomes the more remarkable when it is shown by people who in other ways are very like ourselves.”?L. G. Mitchell, Times Literary Supplement ?Vincent has written a masterful biography of a military man that examines the nuts and bolts of leadership in an entertaining and compelling way. . . . If you only read one biography of Nelson among the hundreds available, it should be this one.”?Paul Carbray, The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec)