This includes past and present, yes? If so, then I would LOVE to trade places with the Lady Emma Hamilton.
Emma was a lowborn woman who used to perform semi-nude poses called "The Attitudes," (not as inappropriate as you may be thinking) which became extremely popular during the post-Enlightenment period when neo-classicism was all the rage. She became mistress, and later wife, to Sir William Hamilton (a prominent political leader) and later she became the mistress to Lord Horatio Nelson (the man who defeated Napoleon in an epic naval battle). She was kind of skanky (gave birth to two bastards-for lack of a better term- each to a different man,) but beautiful, loving, in one of the most famous romances in history, and she was surrounded by some of the most important people of her day (Marie Antoinette's sister was one of her best friends until their falling-out). I wrote a pretty large research paper on her a couple years ago and have been obsessed with her ever since. I would love to be able to go back in time and be Emma for one day during the peak of her life!
*sorry for the poorly written bio on her, I was trying to be brief
You would.
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