Nelson
Christopher Hibbert
In this coloful absorbing tale of Nelson's life on and off the high seas Hibbert illuminates the admiral's personality his personal and political friendships his relationship with Sir William Hamilton and his passionate love affair with Hamilton's wife the beautiful Lady Emma daughter of a blacksmith and once a London prostitute. Whether quarreling with royalty wooing beautiful women around the world or winning history's most famous sea battles Hibbert's irascible Nelson is a character for all times.
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