NELSON'S WOMEN.
by POCOCK, TOM:
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0233994793
- ISBN 13
- 9780233994796
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour illustrated,contemporary portraits of Nelson and four women; dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing - no nicks or tears present.Very light bumping+creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents pristine. Unblemished,plain blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xpp+1-278pp includes title+ half-title pages,illustrations list,an author introduction,15 b/w illus/ photographs between pp86/87,14 b/w illus/photographs between pp182/183,11 chapters,chapter notes to rear and an index. The fame of Horatio Nelson,as Britain's greatest naval hero,has always been haunted by the notoriety of his relations with women.His love affair with Lady Hamilton and the subsequent abandonment of his wife have tainted with scandal his achievement in giving his country global supremacy for a century.Yet these two women - Emma and Fanny - were only the most prominent of a gallery of women - family,friends and lovers - who were instrumental in shaping Nelson's life and character. In this book,Tom Pocock examines the characters of the women whose lives were interwoven with the complex,yet charming,personality of Lord Nelson.He illuminates the character of Nelson's mother,who loved and married her social inferior,and his sisters who were torn between their friendships with his wife and mistress.'Nelson's Women' examines this great sea lord's relations with women as diverse as the haughty belle of the Quebec garrison and the sympathetic daughter of a country parson; the Jamaican nurse who saved the lives of British officers with unorthodox medicine and the Italian opera singer with whom he dallied when in port,as well as his beautiful young niece who played such a crucial role in Emma Hamilton's social ambitions.This is a story of human relationships: men with women and women with other women.Moods and loyalties altered; jealousy and constancy,tenderness and betrayal,love and anger dictated their actions. At the vortex of their lives was that remarkable man,Horatio Nelson - himself sometimes almost feminine in his attitudes and behaviour - who was to become the most celebrated of all the nation's heroes. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
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- Title
- NELSON'S WOMEN.
- Author
- POCOCK, TOM:
- Illustrator
- illus with both b/w+colour illustrations and photographs.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0233994793
- ISBN 13
- 9780233994796
- Publisher
- LONDON.ANDRE DEUTSCH,1999.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- December 2001
- Keywords
- q52.BIOGRAPHY.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0233994793.Naval history_private life_biography_Lord Nelson.NELSON_LADY Emma Hamilton.NELSON_Fanny Susannah Bolton (nee NELSON).HMS VICTORY.SWAFFHAM.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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