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England's Mistress by Kate Williams (Hardcover, 2006)

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Publisher: Hutchinson ISBN 13: 9780091794743. Title: Englands Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton Item Condition: used item in a good condition. Author: Kate Williams ISBN 10: 0091794749. Books will be free of page markings.

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Emma Hamilton was the daughter of a blacksmith who died under mysterious circumstances. Aged only twelve, she set off for London, initially as a domestic servant, before finding work as an actress s maid at Drury Lane. ithin a very short space of time, this extraordinary and indomitable young woman became the mistress of a leading aristocrat, the wife of another, the Lady Ambassadress to Naples and the notorious lover of the most sought-after man in England, Horatio Nelson. he had a dramatic influence on the dress, manners and behaviour of her time and upon some of the most momentous events in this island s history. he cast of her life story is crammed with a range of colourful characters, from Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire to Goethe. Having rebuffed the boorish advances of King Ferdinand of Naples she became the most valued confidante of his wife, Queen Carolina,and even managed to secure an audience with the Queen s sister, Marie Antoinette, when she was imprisoned by the new revolutionary government in France. ot long before, she was frequenting the underworlds of prostitutes, quacks, madams, rakes and roues. But Emma s intelligence, ambition and natural beauty would ensu