Frances, Lady Nelson: the Life and Times of an Admirable Wife. This item is unavailable.Frances, Lady Nelson: the Life and Times of an Admirable Wife

First edition 8vo 320 pages illustrated with black & white plates. Fine blue cloth hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions, an excellent copy. "This is the story of the other woman in Nelson's life - the woman who waited patiently year after year for him to return from the wars only to be cruelly rejected in favor of his mistress. Unlike the depiction of Fanny as cold and unresponsive by Nelson's biographers, this enthralling biography of his wife takes a close look at the hundred or so letters she wrote to him that reveal a woman of strong character; caring, warmhearted and sympathetic, with a keen sense of humor and a deep and abiding love for her husband. ".