LADY HAMILTON AS CIRCE
From the painting by G. Romney
THE
DIVINE LADY
A Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton
BY
E. BARRINGTON
AUTHOR OF “THE LADIES” AND “THE CHASTE DIANA”
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1924
Copyright, 1924
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
Published, June, 1924
Second Printing, June, 1924
Third Printing, July, 1924
Fourth Printing, July, 1924
Fifth Printing, August, 1924
Sixth Printing, August, 1924
Seventh Printing, September, 1924
Eighth Printing, October, 1924
Ninth Printing, November, 1924
Tenth Printing, December, 1924
Eleventh Printing, January, 1925
Twelfth Printing, February, 1925
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY
The Quinn & Boden Company
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
RAHWAY NEW JERSEY
PREFACE
As I sat, years ago, in the Admiral’s cabin of Nelson’sflag-ship, the Foudroyant, the thought of this romancecame to me, for this ship was the sea-shrine of that greatbut errant passion. She is a wreck now, her strandedribs are green with weed, her