Lord Nelson: The Immortal Memory

HOWARTH, David; HOWARTH, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0140101462 / ISBN 13: 9780140101461

Published by Penguin Books, New York, 1990

About this Item

Biography of the grreat, British admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson. 390pp, illustrated. Bright, clean copy. Tiny owner's name to inside of front wrapper and remainder mark to bottom edge, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no creases to the spine. Light lower corner crease to the front wrapper. Weight, 292g. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lord Nelson: The Immortal Memory
• Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140101462
• ISBN 13: 9780140101461
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Penguin Printing.
• Condition: VG+
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Horatio Nelson, the great seaman, brilliant tactician, and one of the most loved leaders in British naval history, is best known for his victory over Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar. Two of England's leading naval historians examine the myth and the man, exploring his legendary battles, extraordinary humanity, and scandalous love affair.

From Publishers Weekly

Nelson was the almost perfect hero, not only a fearless fighter, brilliant tactician and great admiral, but so loved that when he died at Trafalgar, while devastating the combined French and Spanish fleets, his fleet "forgot its vic tory in an astonishing spontaneous outburst of grief." His failings were a boyish vanity and an unfaithfulness to his wife. Though Nelson is the subject of many previous biographies, David Howarth ( The Voyage of the Armada, 1066 ) and Stephen Howarth ( The Knights Templar ) write of him here with a verve and intimacy of detail that make their book as appealing as the admiral himself. They trace his life from his birth in a Norfolk parsonage to his early commands in the West Indies, to his remarkable subsequent career, providing intriguing analyses of his greatest victoriesat the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgarand following the entire course of his adulterous passion for Lady Hamilton who, second to duty, was his greatest love. Photos.
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