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Man of passion; Using her beauty as a weapon - and at one point being 'sold' to pay off her lover's debts - EMMA HAMILTON rose from nothing to become the lover of Britain's greatest-ever sailor.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
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May 28, 2005
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Byline: JULIAN CHAMPKIN
She greeted him wearing a dress embroidered with the word 'Nelson'.
England's hero was putting into Naples harbour to repair his ship after his triumph at the Battle of the Nile. 'Oh God, is it possible?' gasped the celebrity-struck Emma as she swooned into Nelson's arms. Or rather, arm.
It takes skill to faint so a onearmed man can catch you. Emma, Lady Hamilton, was nothing if not theatrical - and practised in the art of entrapping men.
She was the beauty of her age.
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