Nelson: The Essential Hero
Book Details
Author(s)
Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby
Publisher
Harcourt
ISBN / ASIN
0151122407
ISBN-13
9780151122400
Availability
In stock
Sales Rank
#504
Category
Hardcover
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
Horatio Nelson, son of a clergyman, is the most celebrated admiral in British history. He entered the navy at age 12, made captain by 20.
British policy was to contain the dominant European power which during Nelson's lifetime, was Napoleon's France. The two nations hated well.
Providence sailed with Nelson at Trafalgar, off the coast of Spain. "England expects every man will do his duty." His greatly outnumbered forces decimated a combined French and Spanish fleet. The victory cost Nelson his life, but made him immortal.
"A vivid portrait of Nelson...highly entertaining and accurate." (The London Times)
