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The Life and Letters of Emma Hamilton

Author : Hugh Tours
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1526770466
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Letters of Emma Hamilton written by Hugh Tours and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma, Lady Hamilton, rose from poverty to become a media celebrity, and her relationship with Admiral Nelson, and her renowned beauty, made her the most instantly-recognisable woman of her era, with the press following her every move. She was a friend of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, longed-after by the Prince of Wales, and was a high society fashion icon. Born in 1765, Emma was the daughter of the village blacksmith in Neston, Cheshire, who died just two months later, leaving the family in difficult circumstances. After failing to find a permanent position locally, Emma took the stagecoach to London and the start of her remarkable journey to international fame. Emma worked for various actresses at Dury Lane theatre, before becoming a dancer, a model and, later, a hostess. Her beauty brought her to the attention of Charles Grenville, the second son of the Earl of Warwick, who took her as his mistress, and became the model for the painter George Romney. These paintings thrust Emma into the social spotlight and she soon became London’s top celebrity. When Grenville needed to find a rich wife, Emma was passed onto Sir William Hamilton, British Envoy to Naples. The couple fell in love and were married in September 1791. When in Naples, Lady Hamilton, as she now was, became a close friend of Queen Maria Carolina, sister of Marie Antoinette. It was also in Naples that she met Admiral Nelson – and the great love affair began. Much has been written about this later period of her life, but with Hugh Tours making full use of the letters Emma wrote as well as those she received throughout her life, the fascinating story of her early years is also revealed. This is history as moving as a great tragic novel; most moving of all, being the return, after Trafalgar, of Emma’s last letter to Nelson, unopened.

Beloved Emma

Author : Flora Fraser
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408832569
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Beloved Emma written by Flora Fraser and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-11 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.

The Life and Letters of Emma Hamilton

Author : Hugh Tours
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 152677044X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Letters of Emma Hamilton written by Hugh Tours and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reads like a romantic novel, could have been written by someone of the caliber of Jean Plaidy . . . Absolutely fascinating and full of revelations.” —Books Monthly Born in 1765 in Neston, Cheshire, Amy Lyon took the stagecoach to London, beginning her remarkable journey to international fame. Soon to be known as “Emma,” she worked for various actresses at Drury Lane Theatre before becoming a dancer, a model and, later, a hostess. Her beauty brought her to the attention of Charles Grenville, the second son of the Earl of Warwick, who took her as his mistress, and she became the model for the painter George Romney. These paintings thrust Emma into the social spotlight and she soon became London’s top celebrity. When Grenville needed to find a rich wife, Emma was passed onto Sir William Hamilton, British Envoy to Naples. The couple fell in love and were married in September 1791. When in Naples, Lady Hamilton, as she now was, became a close friend of Queen Maria Carolina, sister of Marie Antoinette. It was also in Naples that she met Admiral Nelson—and the great love affair began. Much has been written about this later period of her life, but with Hugh Tours making full use of the letters Emma wrote as well as those she received throughout her life, the fascinating story of her early years is also revealed. This is history as moving as a great tragic novel; most moving of all, being the return, after Trafalgar, of Emma’s last letter to Nelson, unopened.

The Life and Letters of Emma Hamilton

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (93 download)

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Emma Hamilton

Author : Julie Peakman
Publisher : Haus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781904341987
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Emma Hamilton written by Julie Peakman and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) epitomized the classic tale of an eighteenth century woman's rise from poverty to fame and riches using nothing butbeauty and feminine guile

England's Mistress

Author : Kate Williams
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307484297
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book England's Mistress written by Kate Williams and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Emma Lady Hamilton from New and Original Sources and Documents

Author : Walter Sichel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Emma Lady Hamilton from New and Original Sources and Documents written by Walter Sichel and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Life of Emma Hamilton

Author : Owen Aubrey Sherrard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A Life of Emma Hamilton written by Owen Aubrey Sherrard and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Seduction and Celebrity

Author : Quintin Colville
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500252203
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Seduction and Celebrity written by Quintin Colville and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Too Great A Lady

Author : Amanda Elyot
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110109821X
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Too Great A Lady written by Amanda Elyot and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma Hamilton is renowned as the real-life heroine of the greatest love story in British history, as legendary for her beauty as for her passionate love affair with Britain’s greatest hero, Lord Horatio Nelson. 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 farrier, young Emily Lyon sold coal by the roadside to help put food on the family’s table. By the time she was 15, 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. “A thoughtful retelling of the life of a common-born beauty and her infamous love affair with Admiral Lord Nelson.”—Susan Holloway, author of Duchess “An energetic portrait of a unique historical figure.”—Publishers Weekly

The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton

Author : Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton written by Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Author : Flora Fraser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781557780089
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Emma, Lady Hamilton written by Flora Fraser and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson

Author : John Cordy Jeaffreson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson written by John Cordy Jeaffreson and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Emma, the Life of Lady Hamilton

Author : Colin Simpson
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Emma, the Life of Lady Hamilton written by Colin Simpson and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1983 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the blacksmith's daughter who married a wealthy English nobleman and became involved in a love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson.

Home Work

Author : Julie Andrews
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316349232
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Home Work written by Julie Andrews and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this New York Times bestselling follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews reflects on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor/Victoria. In Home, the number one New York Times international bestseller, Julie Andrews recounted her difficult childhood and her emergence as an acclaimed singer and performer on the stage. With this second memoir, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years, Andrews picks up the story with her arrival in Hollywood and her phenomenal rise to fame in her earliest films -- Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Andrews describes her years in the film industry -- from the incredible highs to the challenging lows. Not only does she discuss her work in now-classic films and her collaborations with giants of cinema and television, she also unveils her personal story of adjusting to a new and often daunting world, dealing with the demands of unimaginable success, being a new mother, the end of her first marriage, embracing two stepchildren, adopting two more children, and falling in love with the brilliant and mercurial Blake Edwards. The pair worked together in numerous films, including Victor/Victoria, the gender-bending comedy that garnered multiple Oscar nominations. Cowritten with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, and told with Andrews's trademark charm and candor, Home Work takes us on a rare and intimate journey into an extraordinary life that is funny, heartrending, and inspiring.

Nelson's Letters to Lady Hamilton and Related Documents

Author : Marianne Czisnik
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000071685
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nelson's Letters to Lady Hamilton and Related Documents written by Marianne Czisnik and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical edition of Admiral Nelson’s letters to Lady Hamilton is to bring together the important letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton that have only been published in parts over the last 200 years. Only by bringing the letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton together is it possible to assess their relationship and to present certain insights into Nelson’s personality that are not revealed in his official correspondence. Thorough research into this side of Nelson’s personality and into the nature of his notorious and unconventional relationship with Lady Hamilton has been hampered in the past by a desire not to look too closely at Nelson’s personal morality. To a considerable extent their relationship was regarded as a challenge to traditional gender roles and it indeed did not conform to stereotypes that are usually attributed to men and women in a heterosexual relationship. Lady Hamilton was so obviously lacking in the subservience and passivity expected from women in that era that authors over the course of time started to exclude her in their accounts of the public sphere by reducing her to a private weakness of Nelson’s, who could be successful at sea, where he was far away from the enthralling influence of a manipulating woman. The letters in this edition testify how Admiral Nelson’s life at sea was not exclusively public nor was Lady Hamilton’s life ashore solely private. It also shows how the two supposedly separate spheres of male and female lives were connected. A fresh approach and a thorough discussion of this important and neglected aspect not only of Nelson’s life, but of gender history, demands this exact and scholarly edition of the primary material, which consists of about 400 letters that Nelson wrote to Lady Hamilton over the course of the last seven years of his life and about a dozen letters of her to him that have survived.

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Author : Mollie Hardwick
Publisher : Sapere Books
ISBN 13 : 9781800555891
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Emma, Lady Hamilton written by Mollie Hardwick and published by Sapere Books. This book was released on 2022-08-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing biography of Emma, Lady Hamilton, and her great love affair with Lord Nelson. Perfect for readers of Flora Fraser, Norah Lofts and Kate Williams. Emma Hamilton was one of the most celebrated women of the Georgian age. Yet her love affair with England's great naval hero, Horatio Nelson, scandalised a nation. But what was Emma really like? Who was the woman behind the myth, the legends, the gossip of so many of her contemporaries and her later detractors? In this outstanding biography Mollie Hardwick presents for the first time the full story of Emma with compassion and insight. She emerges as an amazing and remarkable person. From humble origins she rose to become one of the beauties of her age, a talented singer, a natural actress, the friend of aristocrats and politicians, the wife of a distinguished diplomat, the theme of poets and painters. She captivated almost everyone she encountered, yet her previous relationships paled in comparison with her passion for Lord Nelson, and his for her. Though both were married, they secretly carried on an affair that lasted until the day of Nelson's death, from which Emma never truly recovered. After his death she struggled for financial recognition and ultimately died in poverty, alone but for her daughter Horatia. Many of the letters quoted here have never been reproduced before and contribute valuable new evidence. Mollie Hardwick has travelled across Europe in the steps of her heroine and Emma is shown to the reader in a completely new light. Emma, Lady Hamilton reveals the woman behind the misrepresentation and reveals what drove this extraordinary woman through her tumultuous life. 'One of the best, well-researched books on Emma' - Emma Hamilton Society 'thoroughly recommended' - Oliver Warner