cover image The Volcano Lover: A Romance

The Volcano Lover: A Romance

Susan Sontag. Anchor Books, $14.95 (432pp) ISBN 978-0-385-26713-7

Focusing on the famous love triangle between British envoy Sir William Hamilton, his wife Emma and her lover Lord Nelson, Sontag's intellectual historical romance, a 10-week PW bestseller in cloth, paints an unconventional portrait of 18th-century society. (Aug.)