Born in 1765, the daughter of a blacksmith, Emily Lyon became the wife of a nobleman-Ambassador, the friend of royalty and the mistress of Lord Nelson. She was to be known as Emma, Lady Hamilton, famed for her beauty and notorious for her life-style. She began life with nothing but her looks and her kindly nature, acquired respectability, rank, fame and fortune, only to discount all for love and to die in abject poverty.
Genre: General Fiction
Genre: General Fiction
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