Nelson At Naples

The forgotten crime of England's greatest hero, Nelson, in the midst of his affair with Lady Hamilton.

A historical account of Admiral Horatio Nelson's time in Naples during the summer of 1799, written by British naval surgeon F. P. Badham. This journal provides an eyewitness account of Nelson's activities during his brief but eventful stay in Naples, including his interactions with the local populace and his role in the British military campaign against the French. With insightful commentary and detailed observations, this work is an important contribution to the history of the Napoleonic Wars. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER I. EVIDENCE OF HORATIA'S PARENTAGE. Lady Hamilton's Place of Abode--Her State of Health--Mystifications of the Thomson-Letters--Failure of the Mystifications--Identity of Mrs. Thomson and Lady Hamilton--Identity of Nelson and Thomson--Three Sources of Evidence of Horatia's Birth-Time--The 'Now, my own dear Wife, ' Letter--Nelson declares himself Horatia's Father--Persistence in Mystification--Falsification of a Marylebone Register--Lady Hamilton declares herself Horatia's Mother--Her avowals of the Fact to Nelson--Her avowal of the Truth to Horatia--Her vile Slander on Maria Caroline--Summary of Evidence--Thomas Allen's disproved Story--Sir Thomas Hardy's disproved Story--Mrs. Ward's 'Case' respecting her own Maternal Parentage--Chief Particulars of her strong prima-facie 'Case '--Horatia's baptismal Registration--Lady Hamilton's Letters to Nurse Gibson--Mrs. Johnstone's' Statement '--' Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton (1814)'--Mr. Haslewood's Evidence and Ignorance--Rev. Dr. Scott's Evidence and Ignorance--Mrs. Ward's other Evidences--Demolition of Mrs. Ward's 'Case'--Mr. Paget's Ifs and Ands--Conclusion of Controversy. It being necessary for my vindication of Maria Caroline that the readers of this book should close it-without even the shadow of a doubt respecting Horatia Nelson's maternal parentage, I now return to a subject about which I thought I should never be required to write another line, after discussing flo fully 'Mr. Laughton's Remarks on Questions touching Horatia's Parentage' in the appendix to 'Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson.' On giving their attention to the ensuing summary of the evidences of Horatia's parentage, students should dismiss from their minds all respect for Sir Harris Nicolas's opinion that..