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Overview
Legendary for his exploits in war and love, Admiral Horatio Nelson comes into clear view in this captivating new biography.
“This is a wonderful book, the best modern biography of Britain’s greatest admiral.”—John Keegan, Daily Telegraph
“A great biography and a poignant love story.”—Benjamin Schwarz, Atlantic Monthly
“A masterly biography, cool and sharp in long shots, intimately persuasive in close focus, at all times difficult to put down and as timely as it is suggestive in its implications.”—Hilary Spurling, New York Times Book Review
“A splendid biography, not only because it is well written and well researched, but also because it neither seeks to demean the hero nor excuse the man. Heroism becomes the more remarkable when it is shown by people who in other ways are very like ourselves.”—L. G. Mitchell, Times Literary Supplement
“Vincent has written a masterful biography of a military man that examines the nuts and bolts of leadership in an entertaining and compelling way. . . . If you only read one biography of Nelson among the hundreds available, it should be this one.”—Paul Carbray, The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec)
Synopsis
Legendary for his exploits in war and love, Admiral Horatio Nelson comes into clear view in this captivating new biography.
“This is a wonderful book, the best modern biography of Britain’s greatest admiral.”—John Keegan, Daily Telegraph
“A great biography and a poignant love story.”—Benjamin Schwarz, Atlantic Monthly
“A masterly biography, cool and sharp in long shots, intimately persuasive in close focus, at all times difficult to put down and as timely as it is suggestive in its implications.”—Hilary Spurling, New York Times Book Review
“A splendid biography, not only because it is well written and well researched, but also because it neither seeks to demean the hero nor excuse the man. Heroism becomes the more remarkable when it is shown by people who in other ways are very like ourselves.”—L. G. Mitchell, Times Literary Supplement
“Vincent has written a masterful biography of a military man that examines the nuts and bolts of leadership in an entertaining and compelling way. . . . If you only read one biography of Nelson among the hundreds available, it should be this one.”—Paul Carbray, The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec)
The New York Times
This is a remarkable book on all fronts, technical, historical and psychological. Its structural core is the interweaving of Nelson's professional achievement -- ''which could accurately be described as a miracle of management'' -- with a disturbed and tumultuous secret inner life. The hero who in battle radiated calm and reassurance paid for it in periods of inactivity or suspense with panic attacks, sleeplessness, fever and night sweats. The loss of his right arm made him feel useless, and blindness in one eye threatened the sight of the other. The feelings he poured out alone in his cabin, in a steady stream of letters to friends and mentors, reveal a side of Nelson that remained, in spite of legendary success and superstar status, touchy, boastful and insecure. — Hillary Spurling
Editorials
From the Publisher
“Easily the best biography of Nelson I’ve ever read, a superb, fully rigged 74-gun ship of a book.”—Andrew Roberts“Nelson: Love and Fame has the potential to prove a great success, to be very popular indeed, and to establish itself as the fullest and best life of Nelson for a generation.”—Rory Muir, author of Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon