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Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Maritime
Pub. Date
2006
Description
This biography of John Jervis, who became Admiral Lord Vincent, makes compelling reading. It throws an oblique light on Nelson's personality. Davidson paints a vivid picture of the Royal Navy at the height of its power - in the age of Hornblower.
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Sam Willis traces the extraordinary career of a man who lived in a time of dramatic change - from his birth in an age of Revolution, through years of service under the restored monarchy and the dynastic upheavals of 1688-9, to the final tawdry betrayal that brought a brave man low.
Author
Publisher
Bodley Head
Pub. Date
2012
Description
John Sugden interweaves graphic accounts of Nelson's famous victories at the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar with his lesser-known yet equally gripping campaigns to liberate the Italian states from French domination and his role in the blockade of Malta, often snatching remarkable triumphs from crippling reverses. But behind his military prowess was a man riven with paradoxes and schisms at the very heart of his personal life. Nelson...
Author
Publisher
Faber
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard.