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The Nelson companion / edited by Colin White.
Van Pelt Library DA87.1.N4 N45 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
- Nelson, Horatio Nelson.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy.
- Admirals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Admirals.
- Great Britain--History, Naval--18th century.
- Naval history.
- Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Revised paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud [England] : Sutton, 2005.
- Summary:
- There are few figures in British history more famous and more influential than Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, KB. This book offers a comprehensive overview by the world's leading Nelson scholars of all aspects of the Nelson story.
- It has become the standard reference work for 'The Nelson Legend' and is ideal for anyone who wants to find out more about this remarkable character and the ways in which he has been portrayed, both during his lifetime and after his death.
- The book is a treasure trove of fascinating information - from Hitler's plan to move Nelson's column to Berlin, to the naming of over fifty streets after Nelson and his battles in the Greater London area alone.
- Complemented by a gazetteer and chronology, together with over one hundred illustrations and eight pages of colour plates, The Nelson Companion is an indispensable guide to an enduringly fascinating subject.
- Contents:
- Chapter I The Immortal Memory / Colin White 1
- Chapter II The Nelson Portraits / Richard Walker 33
- Chapter III The Nelson Relics / John Munday 59
- Chapter IV Nelson Commemorated / John May 83
- Chapter V In Nelson's Footprints / Tom Pocock 105
- Chapter VI If You Seek His Monument / Flora Fraser 131
- Chapter VII Nelson the Letter-Writer / Felix Pryor 155
- Chapter VIII Building a Nelson Library / Michael Nash 179
- A Nelson Gazetteer 206.
- Notes:
- Published in association with the Royal Naval Museum.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0750937505
- OCLC:
- 57574221
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