I Read this after a dear friends recommendation and I proclaim no regrets!Susan SontagAmazing Women A walking encyclopediaAn immense vocabularyAnd a tremendous intellecthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_SontagThe avant-garde, make life more interesting!I always find it amazing when an author can draw me into what I dislike (A Romance Story) via what I truly enjoy (Historical Narrative)Another writer who does this is Taylor Caldwell. ( )

I remember loving this book when I first got it, but have never had the patience to read it again. ( )

A rather surprising view about Sir Wm Hamilton, his intriguing second wife, Emma H, their connection with Lord Nelson, their relations with the court of Naples and Two Sicilies, especially with Queen Caroline, the natural sister of Marie Antoinette. My source for the original story that the opera Tosca was fashioned from. ( )

Emma Hamilton ( )

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