Nelsons Women

In this book Tom Pocock examines the characters of the women whose lives were interwoven with the complex, yet charming, personality of Lord Nelson. Nelson's Women examines this great sea lord's relations with women as diverse as the haughty belle of the Quebec garrison and the sympathetic daughter of a country parson: the Jamaican nurse who saved the lives of British officers with unorthodox medicine and the Italian opera singer with whom he dallied when in port, as well as his beautiful young niece who played such a crucial role in Emma Hamilton's social ambitions.