1 LE DUE MARIE 1b – Maria Gravina Anche l’altra Maria non ebbe una sorte molto fausta. Le due Marie non erano come le altre donne, quelle di cui mi sentivo così gelosa, un sentimento che ho sempre dovuto tenere ben celato perché il Divino odia le donne che si mostrano troppo possessive e non… Read More Le donne del mio Vate – ☾IV☽
1a – Maria Hardouin “Or così fu; pe ‘l bosco andavamo. Sottileella era e tutta bionda; ………Così, vinta, si stese. Un irrigidimentodi piacere le prese il corpo; semispentol’occhio le naufragava ne l’onda de ‘l piacere.” Dopo averla sedotta, nel 1883, il novello sposo compose il “Peccato di maggio”, descrivendo per filo e per segno l’amplesso… Read More Le donne del mio Vate – ☾II☽
As we know, the time spent living within the rules at King’s Bench Prison was not so hard as inside an ordinary prison: the Marshal could sell the privilege of living outside the prison walls, or, for a smaller sum the right to the “daily rules”, i.e. freedom from prison during daylight hours. Emma was… Read More Lady Hamilton & Horatia in Prison (part 59)
On 18 May 1803, the day of Horatia’s baptism, Great Britain declared war on France.Nelson had to leave five days later. Emma, who was pregnant again, was convinced he would be back within a short time, but unfortunately she didn’t see him for the next two years and three months. Britain was going through a… Read More Lady Hamilton & Horatio Nelson: At Sea Again (part 34)
On 18 May 1803 Horatia was baptised in the parish church of St Marylebone, on the very same day that Britain declared war on France. This ended the peace inaugurated by the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, as a result of which the whole of Europe had experienced a period of peace for the first… Read More Lady Hamilton & Horatio Nelson: Horatia (part 33)
Emma Hart – or Carew as she became known – was the first daughter of Emma Hamilton, born in 1782.The identity of her father is uncertain, but itwas probably Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh, the dissolute dandy who had abandoned his lover, enraged that she had become pregnant.Greville agreed to take her in as a mistress on… Read More Lady Hamilton & Horatio Nelson: Emma Carew (part 32)
Arriving in England, Nelson received a hero’s welcome from the people, while Emma had a cooler reception, also because she could barely conceal her pregnancy. She had never been unfaithful to Sir William since she had become his mistress in 1787, and then his wife four years later. Nelson too, in his own way, had… Read More Lady Hamilton – Horatio Nelson: In England (part 25)
On 26 September 1800 the Crown Princess Maria Clementina gave birth to an heir to the throne. When next morning the king came to see the infant, she asked him , instead of the traditional “three graces”, to which she was entitled, the life of the unfortunate Luisa Sanfelice. The request was written on a… Read More Lady Hamilton, Nelson and Neapolitan Patriots: Luisa Sanfelice/III (part 17)
The Monarchist Gerardo Baccher wanted to protect Luisa Sanfelice, with whom he was in love, from the consequences of the counter-revolutionary conspiracy that the Bourbons were organizing in an attempt to regain power. Therefore he gave her a safe conduct, to save her life once the plan went into action.But Luisa was extremely fond of… Read More Lady Hamilton, Nelson and Neapolitan Patriots: Luisa Sanfelice/II (part 16)
➡️Part 1➡️Part 2 In 1780, when she was fifteen, Amy or Emy Lyon met twenty-six-year old Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh, a good friend of the Prince of Wales (later King George IV), who hired her to entertain his guests at the many parties he hosted at his country house. Here she had her own suite of… Read More Lady Hamilton’s Youth (Part 3)
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