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1) A hazard of hearts: Lady Hamilton

Language

English

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A hazard of hearts: A young woman is forced into an arranged marriage in a film based on the novel by Barbara Cartland. Lady Hamilton: Dramatizes Alexander Dumas' novel about the scandalous and tragic Lady Hamilton.

2) That Hamilton woman

Series

Criterion collection volume 487

Language

English

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Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century. Emma Hart is a beautiful dance hall girl who is sent by her latest lover to stay with his uncle Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Sir William considers Emma a rare piece of art he must possess. Sir William introduces Emma to Naples' elite society and she soon marries him. Later, Horatio Nelson, a famous English Naval office arrives. Soon, a scandalous,...

3) England's mistress: the infamous life of Emma Hamilton

Author

Williams, Kate

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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Emma Hamilton was England's first superstar. She fought her way out of dire poverty to become a fashion icon, an Ambassador's wife, a confidante of both Queen Marie Antoinette and the Queen of Naples, and the mistress of Lord Nelson, England's greatest military hero. Drawing on hundreds of previously undiscovered letters, England's Mistress follows Emma's dramatic journey from the slums of Northern England to the Royal Court of Naples, and from the...

4) Stealing Athena: a novel

Author

Essex, Karen

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD

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Chronicles of the Marbles' amazing journey through the dynamic narratives of Mary Nisbet, wife of the Earl of Elgin, the British ambassador to Constantinople, and Aspasia, the mistress of Perikles, the most powerful man in Athens during that city's Golden Age.