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Great Britain Great Britain History, Naval 19th century Drama Lady Hamilton, Emma 1761?-1815 Drama Lady Juliana (Ship) Lady Nelson, Frances 1761-1831 Drama Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805 Drama New South Wales Penal transportation Viscount Nelson, Horatio Nelson 1758-1805 Drama Women prisonersFilter By Subjects
Great Britain Great Britain History, Naval 19th century Drama Lady Hamilton, Emma 1761?-1815 Drama Lady Juliana (Ship) Lady Nelson, Frances 1761-1831 Drama Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805 Drama New South Wales Penal transportation Viscount Nelson, Horatio Nelson 1758-1805 Drama Women prisonersSummary: Worshipped as a national savior, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumors swirled about his private life. Nelson took a friend's wife as a mistress and even fathered a child by her in secret. Seen through the eyes of four people close to him: his wife, who feels bitter and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ISummary: "In the spring of 1789, a ship left port in London bound for the Botany Bay penal colony in Australia. The ship carried precious cargo - women, sent to keep the desperate male colonists from engaging in what their governor called 'gross irregularities.' But these women were hardly quiet homemakers - they were a hardy raucous lot rounded up from London's notorious Newgate prison and other jails...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005