Η ΤΑΠΕΙΝΗ ΚΑΛΛΟΝΗ ΠΟΥ ΕΓΙΝΕ ΛΑΙΔΗ ΚΑΙ ΕΝΕΠΝΕΥΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΕΡΩΤΑ ΤΟΥ ΘΡΥΛΟΥ ΤΩΝ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΩΝ, ΑΛΛΑ ΠΕΘΑΝΕ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΠΟΛΥΤΗ ΠΑΡΑΚΜΗ
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2. ΠΩΣ ΠΕΡΑΣΕ Η ΜΝΗΜΗ ΤΗΣ ΧΑΜΙΛΤΟΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ
2. ΠΩΣ ΠΕΡΑΣΕ Η ΜΝΗΜΗ ΤΗΣ ΧΑΜΙΛΤΟΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ
Portrait of Emma, Lady Hamilton by George Romney, c.1782-84
The mistress of Lord Nelson died on January 15th, 1815.It was a wretched end to a vivid life.
Emma Lyon was born in 1765 in the Wirral area south of Birkenhead. Her
father, a blacksmith, died when she was a baby and she was brought up by
her mother at Hawarden in the county of Flint (in North Wales). How
much education she managed to get is uncertain and her spelling was
never up to much, but she grew up to be ravishingly good looking and it
was this combined with her vivacious personality and carefree attitude
to sex that saw her soar like a rocket from the working-class earth into
the sky of celebrity.
Emma Lyon was born in 1765 in the Wirral area south of Birkenhead. Her
father, a blacksmith, died when she was a baby and she was brought up by
her mother at Hawarden in the county of Flint (in North Wales). How
much education she managed to get is uncertain and her spelling was
never up to much, but she grew up to be ravishingly good looking and it
was this combined with her vivacious personality and carefree attitude
to sex that saw her soar like a rocket from the working-class earth into
the sky of celebrity.
In her teens Emma worked as a maid for
families in Hawarden and later in London. There is no reliable evidence
that she was ever exactly a prostitute, but what she called her ‘giddy
ways’ attracted the attention of rich young aristocrats. She was said to
have showed off by dancing naked on their dining- room tables and in
1782, when she was going on 17, she bore a daughter to one of them. She
then moved in with a friend of his, Charles Francis Greville, who
installed her in his London home and provided her with music and drawing
lessons. Through him she met the artist George Romney, who was to paint
many enchanting portraits of her (as would Joshua Reynolds and Thomas
Lawrence).
families in Hawarden and later in London. There is no reliable evidence
that she was ever exactly a prostitute, but what she called her ‘giddy
ways’ attracted the attention of rich young aristocrats. She was said to
have showed off by dancing naked on their dining- room tables and in
1782, when she was going on 17, she bore a daughter to one of them. She
then moved in with a friend of his, Charles Francis Greville, who
installed her in his London home and provided her with music and drawing
lessons. Through him she met the artist George Romney, who was to paint
many enchanting portraits of her (as would Joshua Reynolds and Thomas
Lawrence).
Greville unloaded Emma on his elderly
widower uncle, Sir William Hamilton, in return for Hamilton making
Greville his heir. Hamilton was ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two
Sicilies and in 1786 Emma arrived in Naples for what she thought was a
holiday with him. When she discovered the truth she was furious, but
Hamilton adored her and won her over. Some English women sneered at her
plebeian accent, but she and Hamilton moved in the highest Neapolitan
society and she grew very close to Queen Maria Carolina. Hamilton was
master of ceremonies for her admired ‘Attitudes’, when she posed in
sometimes flimsy costumes as figures from Graeco-Roman mythology. When
he married her in 1791 he was 60 and she was 26.
widower uncle, Sir William Hamilton, in return for Hamilton making
Greville his heir. Hamilton was ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two
Sicilies and in 1786 Emma arrived in Naples for what she thought was a
holiday with him. When she discovered the truth she was furious, but
Hamilton adored her and won her over. Some English women sneered at her
plebeian accent, but she and Hamilton moved in the highest Neapolitan
society and she grew very close to Queen Maria Carolina. Hamilton was
master of ceremonies for her admired ‘Attitudes’, when she posed in
sometimes flimsy costumes as figures from Graeco-Roman mythology. When
he married her in 1791 he was 60 and she was 26.
It was in Naples two years later that Emma first met Horatio Nelson, who was then the captain of HMS Agamemnon.
He and the Hamiltons became close friends and Nelson fell utterly in
love with her. When the three of them returned to England together a
contemporary remarked that she led Nelson about like a keeper with a
bear. He left his wife and he and the Hamiltons, describing themselves
as ‘three joined in one’, lived together in a house in Piccadilly. She
bore Nelson a daughter, Horatia, in January 1801.
He and the Hamiltons became close friends and Nelson fell utterly in
love with her. When the three of them returned to England together a
contemporary remarked that she led Nelson about like a keeper with a
bear. He left his wife and he and the Hamiltons, describing themselves
as ‘three joined in one’, lived together in a house in Piccadilly. She
bore Nelson a daughter, Horatia, in January 1801.
The three-in-one moved into Merton Place,
a house near Wandsworth. They rebuilt it on a grand scale and Emma
turned it into a temple of Nelson worship. His fame and the admiration
in which he was held in the navy and in the nation at large rose to
Mount Everest proportions. Emma basked in it and his death in action at
Trafalgar in 1805 was a catastrophe. When the news was brought to her at
Merton Place, she wrote some days later that she ‘screamed and fell
back’ and could not speak for about ten hours. She did not know how she
was to bear her future existence. At the end of November she wrote:
‘Life to me is not worth having. I lived for him. His glory I gloried in
... But I cannot go on. My heart and head are gone.’
a house near Wandsworth. They rebuilt it on a grand scale and Emma
turned it into a temple of Nelson worship. His fame and the admiration
in which he was held in the navy and in the nation at large rose to
Mount Everest proportions. Emma basked in it and his death in action at
Trafalgar in 1805 was a catastrophe. When the news was brought to her at
Merton Place, she wrote some days later that she ‘screamed and fell
back’ and could not speak for about ten hours. She did not know how she
was to bear her future existence. At the end of November she wrote:
‘Life to me is not worth having. I lived for him. His glory I gloried in
... But I cannot go on. My heart and head are gone.’
The government, which lavished money and
honours on Nelson’s family, ignored Emma. Hamilton had left her money
when he died in 1803, as did Nelson, who also left her Merton Place, but
his brother William, now an earl, avoided handing over all the money
and by now Emma, accustomed to a life of champagne-swilling luxury, was
addicted to alcohol. She had to sell Merton Place and in 1813 she was
arrested for debt and sent to prison in Southwark, though she was
allowed to live in rooms nearby with young Horatia.
honours on Nelson’s family, ignored Emma. Hamilton had left her money
when he died in 1803, as did Nelson, who also left her Merton Place, but
his brother William, now an earl, avoided handing over all the money
and by now Emma, accustomed to a life of champagne-swilling luxury, was
addicted to alcohol. She had to sell Merton Place and in 1813 she was
arrested for debt and sent to prison in Southwark, though she was
allowed to live in rooms nearby with young Horatia.
Friends eventually raised money that let
Emma sneak away across the Channel to Calais with Horatia in July 1814.
They lived in cramped, dismal lodgings and, according to Horatia, Emma
spent her days lying in bed, drinking. It was probably cirrhosis of the
liver that carried her off early the following year at the age of 49.
She was buried in the graveyard of the church of St Pierre and it is
said that her funeral was attended out of respect for Nelson by the
captains of every English ship in Calais harbour. In 1994 a memorial to
her was unveiled in what is now the Parc Richelieu in Calais.
http://www.historytoday.com
Emma sneak away across the Channel to Calais with Horatia in July 1814.
They lived in cramped, dismal lodgings and, according to Horatia, Emma
spent her days lying in bed, drinking. It was probably cirrhosis of the
liver that carried her off early the following year at the age of 49.
She was buried in the graveyard of the church of St Pierre and it is
said that her funeral was attended out of respect for Nelson by the
captains of every English ship in Calais harbour. In 1994 a memorial to
her was unveiled in what is now the Parc Richelieu in Calais.
http://www.historytoday.com
Ποια ήταν η Αγγλίδα καλλονή που απεικονίζεται σε 60 πίνακες ...
3. ΟΡΑΤΙΟΣ ΝΕΛΣΟΝ, Ο ΘΡΥΛΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΩΝ
*Οράτιος Νέλσον - Βικιπαίδεια
**Ο μπαρουτοκαπνισμένος θρύλος των θαλασσών Οράτιος Νέλσον
____________________________________4. ΟΤΑΝ Ο ΕΡΩΤΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΡΑΤΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΛΑΙΔΗΣ ΕΓΙΝΕ ΜΙΑ ΔΥΝΑΤΗ ΑΙΣΘΗΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΤΑΙΝΙΑ ΜΕ ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΟΥΣ ΗΘΟΠΟΙΟΥΣ
Ιστορικό δράμα εποχής. Αφηγείται την ιστορία της ανόδου και της πτώσης της Emma Hamilton, μίας πανέμορφης γυναίκας ελαφρών ηθών και καμπαρετζούς, που παντρεύτηκε τον ηλικιωμένο Sir William Hamilton, Βρετανό πρέσβη στο Βασίλειο της Νάπολης, και αργότερα έγινε ερωμένη του θρυλικού ναυάρχου Οράτιου Νέλσον.
Η
ταινία έγινε μεγάλη επιτυχία όχι μόνο εξαιτίας του ιστορικού θέματός
της στην περίοδο του κρίσιμου πολέμου της Αγγλίας με τη Γερμανία,
αλλά και επειδή οι βασικοί πρωταγωνιστές , Λόρενς Ολιβιέ και Βίβιαν Λι,
αποτελούσαν ένα αγαπημένο ζευγάρι στη ζωή και ήταν εξαιρετικά δημοφιλείς
στη σκηνή.
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