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_aHibbert, Christopher _d, 1942- |
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_aNelson _b: a personal history _c/ Christopher Hibbert |
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_aReading, MA _b: Addison-Wesley _c, c1994. |
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_axvii, 472 p., [32] p. of plates _b: geneal. table, ill. (some col.) _c; 25 cm. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [444]-453) and index. | ||
520 | _aAn 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. | ||
650 | 4 | _aNelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 | |
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_aAdmirals _z-Great Britain _v--Biography |
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_aGreat Britain _x-History, Military _y-18th century |
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_aGreat Britain _x-History, Naval _y-19th century |
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