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Chargement... Sir Williampar David Stacton
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Horatio Nelson encountered the British Consul to the Kingdom of Naples in 1800, after he returned there as a conquering hero from his victory at the Nile. This book's POV bounces between William Hamilton, the diplomat, and his trophy wife, Emma Hamilton, a woman of shady antecedents. The pair under stand Emma's motives in taking up with, and bearing a child to Nelson, a married man. It is a love story, and unconventional for the 1960's let alone the 1800's. the prose is good, but this is a slight work compared to Stacton's best work, like "A Dancer in Darkness, or "People of the Book". Slight or not, I read it twice, the first time in March, 1966. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Sir William (1963) was the second entry in David Stacton's triptych of novels on the theme of 'The Sexes', for which he chose to fictionalise one of history's great love affairs. 'David Stacton's novel of the notorious ménage à trois between the fetching Lady Hamilton, her husband Sir William, and her lover, Lord Nelson, is a scintillating piece of historical fiction.' New York World-Telegram 'Stacton's best book... written with epigrammatic wit and grace.' Kirkus Reviews 'A sweeping luxuriant romp through the pre-Trafalgar life of Lady Hamilton. Her Pygmalion rescue from whoredom by the ineffable Charles Greville is wickedly told.' Sunday Times 'Stacton is a magnificent storyteller.' Book Week Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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