Nelson: The Essential Hero
by Ernle Bradford
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As a naval commander he was an inspiring hero, honored to this very day as the essence of bravery. In his private life, he was a cad, conducting a scandalous openly adulterous affair with Lady Emma Hamilton and humiliating her cuckold husband. In victories at sea and in the boudoir, Horatio Nelson was an indomitable conqueror and deserving of his immortal reputation. He was the sworn enemy of Napoleon and the French, and considered himself a failure if a single enemy ship escaped show more destruction. His strategies to achieve this end are still studied and marveled at. Bradford brilliantly recounts th show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Nelson: The Essential Hero
- Original title
- Nelson: The Essential Hero
- Original publication date
- 1977
- People/Characters
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
- Important events
- Age of Sail; Napoleonic Wars (1803 | 1815); Battle of Trafalgar (1805-10-21)
- First words*
- Das Land, in dem er geboren wurde, ist seltsam.
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 940.2 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe Europe: Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, Napolean
- LCC
- DA87.1 .N4 .B66 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History Political, military, naval, and Air Force history.
- BISAC
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- English, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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