Nelson : love & fame /

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Author / Creator:	Vincent, Edgar.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 640 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Nelson, Horatio Nelson, -- Viscount, -- 1758-1805. Nelson, Frances, -- Lady, -- 1761-1831. Hamilton, Emma, -- Lady, -- 1765-1815. Hamilton, Emma, -- Lady, -- 1765-1815 Nelson, Frances, -- Lady, -- 1761-1831. Nelson, Horatio Nelson, -- Viscount, -- 1758-1805. Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- Biography. Great Britain. -- Royal Navy. Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography. Admirals. Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century. Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century. Great Britain. Electronic books. Biographies. Naval history. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12630359

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ISBN:	9780300127843 0300127847 0300102607 9780300102604 1281729752 9781281729750 9780300097979 0300097972 9780300102604 9786611729752 6611729755
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-625 and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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. This biography of Nelson (1758-1805) presents an account of his climb to fame as well as the details of his personal and emotional life. A 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. Edgar Vincent builds on research and examines the extensive primary sources, seeking to enlarge our understanding of Nelson the man. He offers 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 Napoleonic counter-revolution. Vincent also analyses the motives and attitudes of key figures who surrounded him, among them Earl Spencer, Earl St Vincent, Sir William Hamilton and Thomas Troubridge. Interwoven 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 18th century and the mother of his child.
Other form:	Print version: Vincent, Edgar. Nelson. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003

Table of Contents:

Foundations 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.

Nelson : love & fame /

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