Nelson: Slaughter in Naples (TRIH ep 608, part 1)
1799 · Resource
What happened when the heroic Horatio Nelson, victor of the Battle of the Nile, sailed into the seething city of Naples? Why would his meeting with the glamorous celebrity, Lady Emma Hamilton, shape the rest of his life?
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