Nelson : a personal history
Hibbert, Christopher , 1942-
Nelson : a personal history / Christopher Hibbert - Reading, MA : Addison-Wesley , c1994. - xvii, 472 p., [32] p. of plates : geneal. table, ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [444]-453) and index.
An absorbing biography of the "great and gallant" Horatio Nelson, the one-eyed, one-armed sailor who caught the imagination of late 18th century England and gained immortal fame by dying heroically at the Battle of Trafalgar. Hibbert illuminates, among other things, Nelson's personality, his personal and political friendships, his relationship with Sir William Hamilton, and his passionate love affair with Hamilton's wife, Emma, revealing the man in all of his faults and virtues. Well-illustrated, including a few color plates.
9780201624571
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
Admirals---Great Britain----Biography
Great Britain---History, Military---18th century
Great Britain---History, Naval---19th century
92 NEL
Nelson : a personal history / Christopher Hibbert - Reading, MA : Addison-Wesley , c1994. - xvii, 472 p., [32] p. of plates : geneal. table, ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [444]-453) and index.
An absorbing biography of the "great and gallant" Horatio Nelson, the one-eyed, one-armed sailor who caught the imagination of late 18th century England and gained immortal fame by dying heroically at the Battle of Trafalgar. Hibbert illuminates, among other things, Nelson's personality, his personal and political friendships, his relationship with Sir William Hamilton, and his passionate love affair with Hamilton's wife, Emma, revealing the man in all of his faults and virtues. Well-illustrated, including a few color plates.
9780201624571
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
Admirals---Great Britain----Biography
Great Britain---History, Military---18th century
Great Britain---History, Naval---19th century
92 NEL
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