Nelson: A Dream of Glory

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Description

Nelson: A Dream of Glory is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson’s rise to international fame. Giving us the private as well as the public man, it combines ground-breaking scholarship with a brilliantly vivid and compelling style.

Additional information

Weight 1.066 kg
Dimensions 5.9 × 15.3 × 23.4 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

976

publisher

Year Published

2012-9-6

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1845951913

About The Author

Dr John Sudgen has pursued a busy trans-Atlantic career as a lecturer, senior research fellow and writer. He is the author of a series of acclaimed articles and books, including Sir Francis Drake, Tecumseh: A Life, which won the Distinguished Book Award of the American Society for Military History, and Blue Jacket, which won the Ohioana Award. This first volume of his definitive biography, Nelson: A Dream of Glory, was published to great critical acclaim in 2004 and was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize.

Review Quote

A masterpiece… The flagship of the fleet, it leaves all others trailing in its wake

Other text

A magnificently-researched and thoughtful work which locates Nelson in a global context