Nelson : love & fame / Edgar Vincent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vincent, Edgar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815.

Hamilton, Emma.

Nelson, Frances, Lady, 1761-1831.

Nelson, Frances.

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.

Nelson, Horatio Nelson.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--Biography.

Great Britain.

Admirals--Great Britain--Biography.

Admirals.

Great Britain--History, Naval--18th century.

Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (655 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nelson's naval glory, public fame, charismatic leadership, scandalous romance, and untimely death as he led the British to victory at the Battle of Trafalgar have ensured his enduring position as England's favorite hero. This engaging, full-length biography of Nelson (1758-1805) presents a gripping account of his career and climb to fame interwoven with the fascinating details of his personal and emotional life. A man of contradictions, Nelson emerges in this biography as a ruthless and aggressive leader; an ambitious attention-seeker capable of childish behavior; but a figure admired for his courage, kindness, and leadership skills. Edgar Vincent offers a number of new interpretations of aspects of Nelson's life, illuminates the motives and attitudes of key figures who surrounded him, and provides an account of his early infatuations, his courtship of his wife Fanny, and his passion for his celebrated mistress Lady Hamilton. Captured on these pages in all his vigor and complexity, Nelson is as charismatic a figure today as he was two hundred years ago.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Maps & Diagrams

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Foundations for Life

2. Captain Suckling's Legacy

3. Five Frustrating Years

4. Trying To Get Noticed

5. Black Marks and 'On the Beach'

6. Melpomene, Minerve, La Fortune

7. 'Totally Neglected'

8. 'My Disposition Can't Bear Tame and Slow Measures'

9. 'It Is Active Young Men That Are Wanted, Not Drones'

10. Into the Limelight

11. Hubris

12. The Admiralty Dips for Nelson

13. The Hero Ascends

14. The Nile

15. Hero Meets Heroine

16. Disappointments, Dilemmas and Disharmony

17. Neapolitan Affairs

18. Soulmates

19. Public Fame and Private Pain

20. Bitter-sweet Emotions

21. Copenhagen

22. Phoney War

23. Fame without Fortune

24. Commander-in-Chief

25. Waiting

26. French Diversions

27. Dame Fortune's Last Favour

Exeunt Omnes

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [587]-625 and index.

ISBN:

9786611729752

9781281729750

1281729752

9780300127843

0300127847

OCLC:

191934386