- Published: 27 January 2011
- ISBN: 9781446461044
- Imprint: RH AudioGo
- Format: Audio Download
- Length: 16 hr 35 min
- Narrator: Sophie Ward
- RRP: $24.99
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
- Published: 27 January 2011
- ISBN: 9781446461044
- Imprint: RH AudioGo
- Format: Audio Download
- Length: 16 hr 35 min
- Narrator: Sophie Ward
- RRP: $24.99
This rich and bouncy biography of a driven woman - mad for fashion, mad on passion - makes Posh look like a novice.
Good Housekeeping
Gallops along like a gripping novel, with an utterly believable and sympathetic character at its heart
Chesire Life
Utterly absorbing ... tantalizing
City AM
Reveals the woman behind the myths
Northern Echo
It is the thoroughness of the research and attention to detail that make Kate Williams' new biography of Emma Hamilton so interesting. The iconic Emma has been continuously reimagined since her lover Nelson's death, but Williams offers a new portrait.
Independent
Sparkling like Emma's pawned diamonds ... Finally makes us understand why Nelson needed to be prised out of Emma's embrace to fight Napoleon...
Daily Mail
A wonderful sparkling biography
Amanda Foreman, author of GEORGIANA: DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
In this pacey retelling of a classic love story, Kate Williams has created a sparkling life worthy of Emma herself. A new biography for a new generation.
Stella Tillyard, author of A ROYAL AFFAIR
Popular history at its best
David Liss, author of A SPECTACLE OF CORRUPTION
Kate Williams has done a wonderful job recreating the life of the woman she wants us to relate to...This is an immensely colourful, readable portrait that revels in Emma's resilience and her ability to surmount what look to us now to be unimaginable odds.
Independent on Sunday
Every intricate detail is laid out, and Kate Williams' writing is so immediate, you feel all but transported...
Birmingham Post