About this title: Based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson, the young British admiral who was the greatest hero of the time, this novel is about revolution, nature, emotions, the condition of women, and above all, love. Sontag is the acclaimed author of AIDS and Its Metaphor.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780141190112ISBN:0141190116
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780141190112ISBN:0141190116
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 432 pages. Based on the lives of sir william hamilton, his wife, emma, and lord nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century, this title examines the shape of western civilization since the age of enlightenment. it presents a picture of revolution, the fate of nature, art and love. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Picador
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780312420079ISBN:0312420072
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780374285166ISBN:0374285160
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780385267137ISBN:0385267134
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780374285166ISBN:0374285160
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 419 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780374285166ISBN:0374285160
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 419 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780374285166ISBN:0374285160
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 419 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. small smudge at bottom corner of outer closed pages, shelf wear and tiny tears to edge of dj, text in very good cond., clean and unmarked, tightly bound. read more
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. some wear to dust jacket; sticker residue on front cover of dust jacket; RTB167. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 419 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I once found myself watching THAT HAMILTON WOMAN on AMC during a bout of insomnia. Loved it and starting loving all things about that love affair. I was glad to find this book. Although it got tedious at times and I would put it down for weeks on end, I would recall Vivien Leigh's in the role and plough on with Sontag's novel. I am a sucker for a true story and this book put an intellectual spin on a very old soap opera."
"Probably 3 1/2 stars, if that was available. Good historical fiction about characters I knew nothing about. Writing more formal than style of most current novels."
"An historical novel about Lord and Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson. Although it's titled "A Romance," Sontag's style is too dispassionate to be romantic. It has interesting details about life in that era, but too much time is spent discussing the nature of collecting and other third person ruminations. If I had to do it over again, I would read a biography of Emma Hamilton instead."
"A recent trip to London (and copious tours) aided me in understanding some of the late 1700s history in the story - Admiral Horatio Nelson! The Battle of Trafalgar!
But the book would have been a lot better if Sontag's editor forced her to cut the last chapter."
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