Download or read book The Volcano Lover written by Susan Sontag and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical romance, Sontag's book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment, Sontag's novel is an exquisitely detailed picture of revolution, the fate of nature, art and love.