Author: A. T. MahanPublisher:
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The Life of Nelson, Vol. 1
Author: A. T. MahanThe Life of Nelson, Volume 1
Author: Alfred Thayer MahanPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041263531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
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The Life of Nelson
Author: Alfred Thayer MahanPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The most detailed and noteworthy research biography of Lord Nelson's maritime career, his life at sea, battle strategy, ship innovations, and tours of duty. It remains today, one of the most frequently referenced works on the subject of Britain's late 18th- and early 19th-century naval power. This is the first high-quality facsimile edition ever produced, including reproductions of original pull-out maps (one in two-color). It is also the only single-volume reproduction available.
The Life of Nelson, Volume 1
Author: Alfred Thayer MahanPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 388
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The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain
The Life of Nelson, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Robert SoutheyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267578313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Excerpt from The Life of Nelson, Vol. 1 Horatio, son of edmund and cather ine nelson, was born Sept. 29, 1758, in the parsonage house of Burnham Thorpe, a village in the county of Norfolk, Of which his father was rector. The maiden name of his mother was suckling: her grand mother was an elder sister of Sir robert B 24 life OF nelson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Life of Nelson Volume 1
Author: Robert SoutheyPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230212456
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Languages : en
Pages : 44
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1813 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. CONTEXTS. Nelson goes to France during the peace.--Re-appointed to the Boreas, and stationed at the Leeward Islands -- His firm oonduct concerning the American interlopers, and the contractors.--Marries and returns to England.--Is on the point of quitting the service in disgust.--Manner of life while unemployed. Appointed to the Agamemnon on the breaking out of the war of the French Revolution. " I Have closed the war," said Nelson, in one of his letters, " without a fortune; but " there is not a speck in my charaeter. True " honour, I hope predominates in my mind " far above riches." He did not apply for a ship because he was not wealthy enough to live on board in the manner which was then become customary. Finding it, therefore, prudent to economise on his half pay during the peace, he went to France, in company with capt. Macnamara, of the navy, and took lodgings at St. Omer's. The death of his favourite sister Anne, who died in consequence of going ont of the ball-room, at Bath, when heated with daneing, affeeted his father so much, that it had nearly occasioned him to return in a few wecks. Time, however, and reason and religion, overcame this grief in the old man; and Nelson continued at St. Omer's long enough to fall in love with the daughter of an English clergyman. This second attachment appears to have been less ardent than the first; for, upon weighing the evils of a straitened income to a married man, he thought it better to leave France, assigning to his friends something in his accounts as the cause. This prevented him from accepting an invitation from the Count of Dcux Ponts to visit him at Paris, couched in the handsomest terms of acknowledgement for the treatment which he had received on board the Albemarle....
The Life of Nelson, by Robert Southey
Author: Tim FulfordPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042968231X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Life of Nelson is one of Robert Southey’s most influential and bestselling works. This new edition will contain a comprehensive critical apparatus that will make sense of the major issues posed by the text and how it contributes to studies of both Southey and Romanticism. The edition will feature a critical and contextual introduction, which will set out the origins and composition of the text together with its publication history, as well as offer a carefully considered view of the interplay between the Life and other biographies of Nelson, bringing into view the wide array of sources and influences Southey drew from.
A Contents-subject Index to General and Periodical Literature
Author: Alfred CotgreavePublisher: London : E. Stock
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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The Life of Nelson, Volume 1
Author: Robert SoutheyPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781343378155
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Nelson
Author: John SugdenPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805079340
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Historian Sugden has penned one of the most authoritative and captivating accounts ever written of legendary British naval commander Horatio Nelson's early career and rise to prominence.
