England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton - Couverture souple

Williams, Kate

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099451832 ISBN 13 : 9780099451839

Editeur : Arrow, 2007

Synopsis

A dramatic, sparkling tale of sex, glamour, intrigue, romance and heartbreak, England's Mistress traces the rise and rise of the gorgeous Emma Hamilton.

Born into poverty, she clawed her way up through London's underworlds of sex for sale to become England's first media superstar. Nothing could stand in the way of her dreams- except her self-destructive desires.

Drawing on hundreds of previously undiscovered letters, and told with a novelist's flair, England's Mistress captures the relentless drive, innovative style and burning passion of a true heroine. In a world of tabloid fame and three-minute wonders, Emma's life is truly a tale for our time.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kate Williams is an author, social historian and broadcaster. She fell in love with history whilst studying for her BA and DPhil at the University of Oxford and has MAs from Queen Mary and Royal Holloway. She is a Professor of History and appears regularly on television – she recently presented The Stuarts, is the in-house historian and royal expert for CNN, and has appeared on programmes from The Great British Bake Off to election coverage and comedy panel shows. She has written five historical biographies and a series of historical novels, and loves nothing more than a spending her time in dusty archives.

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A dramatic tale of glamour, intrigue, romance and heartbreak, England s Mistress traces the turbulent life of Emma Hamilton.

Born into poverty, Emma clawed her way up through London s sordid underworld to become the mistress of Lord Nelson, the greatest military hero of the era. Dazzlingly beautiful, she mixed in diplomatic circles and became the confidante of both Marie Antoinette and the Queen of Naples. Nothing, it seemed, could stand in the way of her dreams except her self-destructive desires.

Emma famously gets her comeuppance, and her headlong flight to romantic destruction is told with novelistic dash The Times, Books of the Year

'An immensely colourful, readable portrait that revels in Emma s resilience and her ability to surmount what look to us now to be unimaginable odds Independent on Sunday Sparkling like Emma s pawned diamonds Makes us understand why Nelson needed to be prised out of Emma's embrace Daily Mail

It is the thoroughness of the research and attention to detail that make Kate Williams' new biography of Emma Hamilton so interesting. The iconic Emma has been continuously re-imagined since her lover Nelson's death, but Williams offers a new portrait Independent

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099451832
• ISBN 13: 9780099451839
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Penguin Books Limited; productsafety@penguin.co.uk; ; One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens; London; SW11 7BW; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: Penguin Books Limited; productsafety@penguin.co.uk; ; One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens; London; SW11 7BW; Royaume-Uni