NELSON’ S FIRST LOVE: FANNY’ S STORY

Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B76237

English Summary/英文概要： “A touching story, carefully and sensitively told – sheds a private sidelight on the public life of Nelson. The numerous illustrations add another dimension.” The Lady

This is the strange story of a mother and her son, and their intimate relationship with England’s greatest naval hero.

Lady Frances ‘Fanny’ Nelson was Nelson’s wife and love for fourteen years. She was from a good family, brought up in the rich plantation life on Nevis in the West Indies. In 1787 she married an unknown naval captain. He was very unpopular locally, had no particular prospects, lived on his pay and was no catch at all. Fanny was his loyal devoted wife – and his equally devoted widow – until she died in London in 1831 at the age of 70. Most biographers of Nelson have failed to give her more than a cursory glance, hypnotised as they have been by the dynamic sea captain and his mistress.

Fanny was beautiful, intelligent, and well read. She spoke excellent French, dressed always à la mode, painted watercolours better than most, and played the piano. She wrote entertaining letters, had a wide circle of friends, was presented at court and was a favourite with all the Lords of the Admiralty and their wives. She lived a long and extremely interesting life, partly in London, Bath, Paris or Devon. Moreover although she failed to give Nelson a child, she did give him her son by her first marriage, Josiah Nisbet, to whom the Admiral was deeply attached and whom he called his `son-in-law’.

Josiah saved Horatio’s life at the battle of Santa Cruz, after his arm was nearly severed by grape-shot. Having seen him fall and searched for him on the ground, Josiah carried him, bleeding and unconscious, to a waiting boat, where a sailor formed a tourniquet that stopped Nelson from bleeding to death. He then helped to paddle the boat to the safety of a waiting ship, where Nelson’s arm was later amputated. Later, in Naples, Josiah too fell in love with the bewitching Emma Hamilton.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “一个动人的故事，巧妙地以一种满溢着情感的方式娓娓道来--让我们从另一个角度了解纳尔逊勋爵公众生活背后的私人情感。无数的插图则使得全书更深一层。”The Lady杂志

这是一个奇怪的故事，有关于一名母亲和她的儿子，以及两人与英格兰最伟大的海军英雄之间的亲密关系。

弗朗西斯•芬妮•纳尔逊夫人是纳尔逊长达十四年的妻子与恋人。她出生于一个良好的家庭，从小在西印度地区尼维斯国一个富足的种植园里长大。1787年时，她嫁给了一名不知名的海军军官。他在当地非常不受欢迎，也没有特别辉煌的前途，仅靠微薄的薪水，生活可谓是捉襟见肘。芬妮是他毕生挚爱的妻子，同时她在他去世后也一直坚定的从未再嫁，可谓至死不渝---直到她在70岁那年，即1831年于伦敦逝世。许多关于纳尔逊的传记都没有向她投去过多的关注，大多草草带过，更有甚者夸张的称其为精力充沛的海洋舰长和他的情人。

芬妮是美丽、睿智的，同时她还很有文化。她的法语十分流利，总是穿着入时，最擅长的莫过于水彩画，同时又略懂钢琴演奏。她文风妙趣横生，有着广泛的交友圈，并深受皇家海军及他们的妻子们的喜爱。她不仅长寿，而且度过了非常有趣的一生，在伦敦、巴斯、巴黎和德文等多地均居住过一段时间。更重要的是，尽管她没能为纳尔逊生下一个孩子，但她却将自己第一次婚姻中的儿子乔赛亚•尼斯贝特过继给了纳尔逊，这名孩子深得纳尔逊的喜爱，纳尔逊亲切地称其为自己的“继子”。

乔赛亚在圣克鲁斯战役中救下了几乎因为葡萄弹而断臂的霍肖雷•纳尔逊的性命。看到霍肖雷倒下后，乔赛亚便四处搜寻他，带着血流如注，神志不清的霍肖雷•纳尔逊回到了等待船上，而随后一名海员则用止血带为他包扎，防止了纳尔逊由于失血过多而死亡。随后他帮忙将小船划到了一处安全的等待船处，纳尔逊的胳膊也随后被顺利截肢。最后在那不勒斯港口，乔赛亚同样爱上了迷人的艾玛•汉密尔顿。（DC）

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About the Author/作者介绍： 帕特里克•迪拉福斯现居布莱顿（他曾定居葡萄牙、纽约和法国），而他的第五份职业则刚好帮助他完成了自己的第四十部作品“Invasion of the Third Reich”。他曾参加诺曼底战争，并前往比利时、荷兰等多地。本书是他的第十六本关于二战的书籍。他为纳尔逊的妻子、丘吉尔及希特人等人所著传记则由Amberley Publishing of Stroud出版社重新出版发行。

Patrick Delaforce lives in Brighton (after Portugal, New York and France) and in his fifth career has just finished his 40th book `Invasion of the Third Reich’. A long time ago he fought in Normandy and then through Belgium and Holland to the Baltic. This is his 16th book about aspects of WW2. His biographies of Nelson’s wife, Churchill and Hitler are being republished by Amberley Publishing of Stroud, Gloucestershire

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