Nelson the commander

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This analysis of Nelson's campaigns and battles is the first by a professional naval officer since that of Admiral Mahan in 1897. The author sets Nelson's failures at Tenerife and Boulogne against his triumphs at Cape St Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar. He also examines Nelson's passion for Emma Hamilton and its consequences--the judicial murder of Caracciolo and such a flagrant disregard for orders that he was made to strike his flag.

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Title Statements

Full title :Nelson the commander / [by] Geoffrey Bennett.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1972

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):B.T. Batsford
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1972

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 322 pages : illustrations : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0713412119, 9780713412116
oclc:ocm00359488
LC Classification:DA87.1.N4
Dewey Decimal:B

Dialectic -- Neptune's cradle -- Ship-of-the-line -- The fleet in which he served -- First steps to glory -- Aboukir Bay -- Emma -- To the Baltic -- Boulogne and Merton -- A long watch and a long chase -- Cape Trafalgar -- Legacy.

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Admirals Admirals -- Biography. -- Great Britain Biographies Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire navale -- 1… Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire navale -- 1… Great Britain Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th… Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th… Naval history Nelson, Horatio Nelson Nelson, Horatio Nelson,, Viscount