Nelson: The Sword of Albion
by Sugden, John
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0224060988
- ISBN 13
- 9780224060981
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Forestdale, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
The Bodley Head, 2012. New book, 1020 pages. The long awaited second volume of John Sugden's biography concludes the most comprehensive and intimate life of Nelson ever written. Sugden brilliantly 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 emerges as a strong-minded but vulnerable human being in constant need of affection and reassurance, whose relations with superiors, colleagues and friends were intense and stormy. We meet the fighting admiral in search of ultimate military victory, and the glory-hunter skillfully manipulating his public image; the national hero and patron of merit, and the indigent commoner trying to secure his position in a society dominated by wealth, property and land; the family man, and the adulterer who scandalized society by his passion for the mercurial Lady Hamilton - yet whose ambition for domestic tranquility was destroyed by his untimely death at Trafalgar. The triumphant and the tragic lend an epic yet human quality to the life of Nelson, fully exploited here in a richly detailed narrative that teems with a glittering array of sailors and civilians, heroes and villains, husbands, wives and lovers.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
John Sugden is an author and lecturer and holds several degrees. He has pursued historical research in archives throughout Britain and North America. His books include biographies of Sir Francis Drake and Tecumseh. He is a member of the Society for Nautical Research.
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- Bookseller
- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007907
- Title
- Nelson: The Sword of Albion
- Author
- Sugden, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0224060988
- ISBN 13
- 9780224060981
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- LORD NELSON NAPOLEONIC HISTORY TRAFALGAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Napoleonic History;
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