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All About Me
Lily Style is the direct descendant of famed lovers Admiral Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton and also Nelson's sister, Kitty Matcham (because their grandchildren married).
Lily is the founder of Emma Hamilton Society and writes regularly for Nelson-related publications. She is also a keen genealogist with an interest in piecing together real human stories lying behind dry facts. One of these stories is of her 4th great-grandfather, George Matcham, whose story she's traced from his mid eighteenth century birth in East India controlled Bombay through to his intimate involvement with Nelson and Emma's rise and fall.
My HP Books
George Matcham, dubbed the most unsettled man alive, was born in East India Company controlled Bombay and undertook three epic overland treks between Asia and England before marrying the favourite sister of the not yet famous Horatio Nelson.
Intimate details about George's life have been preserved because of his close relationship with Nelson and his famous paramour Emma Hamilton, whose rises and falls he observed first-hand.
Packed with period press clippings and eyewitness accounts, A Most Unsettled Man provides an unprecedented glimpse into the private life of a modest 18th century English gentleman, as well retelling the enduring love story of Nelson and Emma from an entirely new perspective.
Book Excerpt
Horace and Lady Hamilton swore that their relationship was nothing more than innocent friendship. Furthermore, Sir William seemed untroubled despite Horace and Lady Hamilton’s touchy-feely behaviour, so… had George been jumping to unsavoury conclusions? Whatever the truth of the matter, it couldn’t be at all easy for poor Fanny, who’d not been able to stomach England's Nelson mania, and was now confronted not only with this new, medal-dripping incarnation of her husband, but also with Lady Hamilton literally singing his praises
