The Nelson touch : the life and legend of Horatio Nelson / Terry Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, Terry, 1931-

Standardized Title:

Nelson

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Admirals--Great Britain--Biography.

Admirals.

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

Great Britain.

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

Great Britain. Royal Navy--Biography.

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.

Nelson, Horatio Nelson.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Admiral Horatio Nelson captures our imaginations like few other military figures. A mixture of tactical originality, raw courage, cruelty, and romantic passion, Nelson in action was daring and direct, a paramount naval genius and a natural born predator. Now, in The Nelson Touch: The Life and Legend of Horatio Nelson, novelist Terry Coleman provides a superb portrait of Britain's most revered naval figure. Here is a vivid account of Nelson's life, from his childhood and early career at sea--where a high-placed uncle helped speed his advancement to post captain--to gripping accounts of his grea

Contents:

Contents; Author's Note and Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; 1 Natural Born Predator; 2 Well Then, I Will Be a Hero; 3 The Whole Glory of the Service; 4 The Reduction of the New World; 5 Fair Canada, and the Merest Boy; 6 Subjects of the Grand Monarque; 7 Running at the Ring of Pleasure; 8 Let My Heart Speak for Me; 9 I Perceive the Contrary Effect; 10 Nelson Found Wanting; 11 The Horror, and the Benefit to the Nation; 12 I Shall Come Laughing Back; 13 The Making of the Legend; 14 The Nile, and the Happy Instrument of God; 15 The Family, and the Great Stage of Life

16 Fiddlers, Poets, Whores, and Scoundrels17 The Sicilifying of My Own Conscience; 18 Inactive at a Foreign Court; 19 The Homecoming; 20 Champion of England in the North; 21 Not Since the Armada Business; 22 So Much for Gratitude; 23 Planting Trees with One Hand; 24 The Long Watch, and the Grand Race of Glory; 25 A Legacy to My King and Country; 26 State Funeral and Empty Chariot; 27 The Founding of a Family; Appendix A: Nelson at Naples, 1799; Appendix B: Nelson's Text; Appendix C: Ships' Ratings; Notes and Sources; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-408) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-83555-9

0-19-803363-X

1-4294-3826-6

OCLC:

437108804