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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson was a fearless warrior, whose victories at the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar doomed Napoleon's empire and assured his own immortality.
But Nelson's life was equally dominated by his weakness for women. He was as bold in love as he was in battle a series of all-consuming romances ended only briefly when he married. Then fate engineered a meeting with Emma, Lady Hamilton, the most notorious woman of her day, an adventuress who was to dominate his existence. The scandal of his brazen menage ร trois with Emma and her husband, Sir William Hamilton, haunted his last years.
Nelson died as victory at Trafalgar was announced and England was stunned with grief. His rejected wife and renowned mistress led the country in mourning one of her greatest sons.
Harry Edgington has produced a penetrating reappraisal of Nelson's complex personality, revealing the conflict which tormented the. public hero and private lover.
ISBN:0600201449
