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050 00 $aDA87.1.N4$bV55 2003
082 00 $a940.2/7/092$aB$221
100 1 $aVincent, Edgar.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002042262
245 10 $aNelson :$blove & fame /$cEdgar Vincent.
260 $aNew Haven [Conn.] :$bYale University Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axiii, 640 pages :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [587]-625 and index.
505 0 $aFoundations for life -- Captain Suckling's legacy -- Five frustrating years -- Trying to get noticed -- Black marks and on the beach -- Melpomene, Minerve, La Fortune -- 'Totally neglected' -- 'My disposition can't bear tame and slow measures' -- 'It is active young men that are wanted, not drones' -- Into the limelight -- Hubris -- The Admirality dips for Nelson -- The hero ascends -- The Nile -- Hero meets heroine -- Disappointments dilemmas and disharmony -- Neapolitan affairs -- Soulmates -- Public fame and private pain -- Bitter-sweet emotions -- Copenhagen -- Phoney war -- Fame without fortune -- Commander-in-chief -- Waiting -- French diversions -- Dame Fortune's last favour.
520 1 $a"The story of Horatio Nelson's life - his naval glory, public fame, charismatic leadership, scandalous romance, and untimely death as he led the British to victory at the Battle of Trafalgar - has ensured his enduring position as England's favourite hero. This engaging, full-length biography of Nelson (1758-1805) presents a gripping account of his climb to fame as well as the fascinating details of his personal and emotional life.
520 8 $aA man of contradictions, Nelson emerges in this biography as a ruthless and aggressive leader, the epitome of a fighting commander; an ambitious attention-seeker capable of self-pity, self-delusion, and childish behaviour; yet to be admired for his transcendent courage, kindness and leadership skills, which inspired love and affection in those he led.".
520 8 $a"The author offers new interpretations of Nelson's victories to illustrate his grasp of today's concept of mission-command two centuries ahead of his time; his disobedience of his Commander-in-Chief's orders; and his part in the bloody and chaotic Neapolitan counter-revolution. Vincent also analyzes the motives and attitudes of key figures who surrounded him, among them Earl Spencer, Earl St. Vincent, Sir William Hamilton, and Thomas Troubridge.
520 8 $aInterwoven with the events of Nelson's career is his emotional journey, his early infatuations, his courtship and marriage with Frances Nisbet, and his all-consuming affair with his mistress Lady Hamilton, one of the most celebrated beauties of the eighteenth century and the mother of his child."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aNelson, Horatio Nelson,$cViscount,$d1758-1805.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80066193
600 10 $aNelson, Frances,$cLady,$d1761-1831.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91026318
600 10 $aHamilton, Emma,$cLady,$d1765-1815.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50018497
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Navy$vBiography.
650 0 $aAdmirals$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100641
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval$y18th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056846
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056847
600 14 $aNelson, Horatio Nelson,$cViscount.
600 14 $aNelson, Frances Nelson,$cViscountess,$d1761-1831.
852 00 $boff,glx$hDA87.1.N4$iV55 2003