The Nelson Touch: The Life and Legend of Horatio Nelson - Couverture rigide

Coleman, Terry

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ISBN 10 : 0195147413 ISBN 13 : 9780195147414

Editeur : Oxford Univ Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Coleman Terry

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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, 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 greatest sea battles. Readers will witness the Battle of the Nile, where Nelson crushed a French squadron of thirteen ships of the line, and the Battle of Trafalgar, where he died at the moment of his greatest triumph. What emerges is a man of strength of mind amounting to genius, frequently generous, always fascinated with women, often uneasy with his superior officers, and absolutely fearless. Nelson was a ruthless commander, whose instinct was not just to defeat the enemy but to annihilate him. Sure to appeal to readers of Patrick O'Brian and other seafaring fiction, as well as all military history and naval history buffs, this is a superbly written biography that gives readers the texture and feel of this magnificent life.

Revue de presse :

A vivid and challenging picture.... Terry Coleman clearly intends to be provocative (and he succeeds.... This book deserves to be taken seriously.)

Compelling and impeccably researched.... The character that emerges is both more flawed and more human than hitherto supposed. (Saul David, The Daily Telegraph)

Written in the very best tradition of revisionist history: it is well researched, closely argued, at odds with received wisdom, and long overdue.... Coleman's smoothly written prose is full of fascinating asides and insights. (Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph)

Trenchant. (Richard Morrison, The Times)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Univ Pr
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195147413
• ISBN 13: 9780195147414
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 424