Beloved Emma: The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton

By Flora Fraser

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394530535
• ISBN13: 9780394530536
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Beautifully written and researched. A pleasure to read.

I discovered Emma, Lady Hamilton, whose great beauty and drive helped her rise to the highest ranks of Napoleonic England, thanks to Susan Sontag's The Volcano Lover. Since then, I have seen her pictures in the Tate, and read about the period, Nelson and Josiah Wedgewood to learn more about her. This is, however, the book that gave me the context for understanding who she was and how she got there, and how she ended up penniless and alone. As only makes sense, given Ms Fraser's distinguished family of strong women, Beloved Emma is a fabulous portrait of an incredibly strong woman who overcame phenomenal odds, and succeeded so completely against her era's odds that even she could not sustain her success. Worth reading and, now that there is a paperback edition, rereading!