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Beloved Emma

The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton

By Flora Fraser

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| Paperback | 9781400075140

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From her humble beginnings as the daughter of a countryside blacksmith, Emy Lyon went on to claim the undying love of naval hero Admiral Nelson, England’s most famous native son. She served as model and muse to eighteenth-century Europe’s most renowned artists, and consorted with kings aContinue

From her humble beginnings as the daughter of a countryside blacksmith, Emy Lyon went on to claim the undying love of naval hero Admiral Nelson, England’s most famous native son. She served as model and muse to eighteenth-century Europe’s most renowned artists, and consorted with kings and queens at the royal court of Naples. Yet she would end her life in disgraced exile, penniless and alone. In this richly drawn portrait, Flora Fraser maps the spectacular rise and fall of legendary eighteenth-century beauty Emma, Lady Hamilton—as she came to be called—a woman of abundant affection and overwhelming charm, whose eye for opportunity was rivaled only by her propensity for overindulgence and scandal. Wonderfully intimate and lavishly detailed, Beloved Emma brings to life the incomparable Lady Hamilton and the politics, passions, and enchantments of her day.

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  • Whapper

    One might say that the problem with Emma Hamilton is knowing quite how to take her. Near the end of her book, Flora Fraser quotes a startlingly vivid account of Emma’s behaviour just after receiving news of Nelson’s death: it was, an eye-witness conc ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Sun, 5 Sep 2010

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  • Quite good biography of the infamous Emma, Lady Hamilton. Recommended for anyone who enjoyed the Vivien Leigh/Laurence Olivier biopic.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 432 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 1400075149
  • ISBN-13: 9781400075140
  • Publisher: Anchor
  • Pub date: Feb 10, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: eBook
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