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The Notorious, Glorious Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton
NAL
February 2007
On Sale: February 6, 2007
Featuring: Sir William Hamilton; Horatio Nelson; Emma Hamilton
432 pages
ISBN: 0451220544
EAN: 9780451220547
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Historical
Emma Hamilton is renowned as the real-life heroine of the
greatest love story in British history. Now, Amanda Elyot
breathes new life into this remarkable woman, in what might
have been Emma's very own words.
The impoverished daughter of an illiterate country
blacksmith, young Emily Lyon sold coal by the roadside to
help put food on the family's table. By the time she was
fifteen, she had made her way from London nursemaid to
vivacious courtesan, and continued a meteoric rise through
society, rung by slippery rung, to become the most talked-
about woman in all of Europe, mistress of many tongues, a
key envoy in Britain's and Italy's war against the French,
and confidante to a queen.
This novel, inspired by her remarkable life, recounts
Emma's many extraordinary adventures, the earth-shattering
passion she eventually found with Lord Nelson, and how they
braved the censure of king and country, risking all in the
name of true love.
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