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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A true tale of resilience and bravery.By Brother RayThis is an epic telling of an astonishing tale. Nelsons bravery and courage under fire make him a Titan. The drama in the telling of the Battle of the Nile won't let you put it down. And then there is Emma Hamilton.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very complete biographyBy Kindle CustomerVery complete and an engaging read. Well researched. Maps would have been more helpful inline with text rather than at the front.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The detail is stunning and the observations insightful. I ...By David Daniel BallThe detail is stunning and the observations insightful. I felt I understood Nelson as a man after reading this.

This biography of Horatio Nelson juxtaposes details of his daily life, loves, friendships and opinions with the great events which make him one of the most memorable figures in British history. This is the story of the man who saved Britain from invasion and gave it maritime supremacy. The book was runner-up for the Whitbread Biography Award. N.A.M. Rodqer, The Times Literary Supplement "Tom Pocock presents a complete and completely believable Nelson... It is unlikely that another could have handled Nelson with the confidence and fluency,the combination of detachment and intimacy/which make this book so attractive and distinguished." Andrew Wheatcroft, Evening Standard "Tom Pocock understands the Admiral. He is not frightened to say what Nelson thought, or felt. In consequence he has written a remarkably fine biography.... In Pocock's hands, Nelson re-emerges as a whole character. At last we can see why people loved him." J.W.M. Thompson, The Literary Review "A moving and absorbing story, here told with distinction." Ronald Blythe, Country Life "So here we find the real man....a great read."

From Publishers WeeklyThis richly detailed and entertaining account of the dramatic life of England's legendary hero, a self-confident, magnetic and paradoxical man, written by an officer of the and author of Nelson and His World, traces Nelson's rapid rise in the navy as a result not only of influence, but of his vigorous campaigns against the Spanish and French for control of the New World, followed by a prolonged struggle against for supremacy of the seas. His bravery inspired the lasting love of Emma Hamilton, wife of the English ambassador to Naples, and won him an admiral's rank, knighthood and a seat in Parliament. Nelson paid for his triumphs, however, with the loss of his right arm and impaired sight, which, along with malaria and other injuries, "maimed him in spirit as in body." His greatest victorythe defeat at Trafalgar ofthe French and Spanish fleets, which would change the course of historycost him his life at age 47 in 1806.Illustrations not seen by PW. BOMC and History Book Club alternates. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalBritish journalist Pocock has long been fascinated with naval hero Nelson, and the promise of a full, insightful biography has been inherent in earlier studies. With the appearance of this work, that promise has largely been fulfilled. It is well written, solidly grounded in the Nelson Papers and other manuscript sources, and it is the better for the author's understanding not only of the man but of his milieu. The work is particularly good on Nelson's official career, less so on his titillating private life. This is perhaps just as well, for sensation does not intrude. An important work that belongs in the first rank of the voluminous corpus of Nelson literature. Recommended for public and academic libraries. BOMC and History Book Club alternates. James A. Casada, Winthrop Coll., Rock Hill, S.C.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.About the AuthorTom Pocock is the author of 18 books (and editor of two more), mostly biographies but including two about his experiences as a newspaper war correspondent. Born in London in 1925 - the son of the novelist and educationist Guy Pocock - he was educated at Westminster School and Cheltenham College, joining the Royal Navy in 1943. He was at sea during the invasion of Normandy and, having suffered from ill-health, returned to civilian life and in 1945 became a war correspondent at the age of 19,the youngest of the Second World War. After four years wth the Hulton Press current affairs magazine group, he moved to the as feature-writer and then Naval Correspondent, becoming Naval Correspondent of The Times in 1952. In 1956, he was a foreign corresponent and special writer for the and from 1959 was on the staff of the Evening Standard,as feature writer,Defence Correspondent and war correspondent. For the last decade of his time on the Standard he was Travel Editor. He wrote his first book, NELSON AND HIS WORLD in 1967 on his return from reporting the violence in Aden and his interest in Nelson has continued. Indeed, eight of his books are about the admiral and his contemporaries; his HORATIO NELSON was runner-up for the Whitbread Biography Award of 1987. Tom Pocock has contributed to many magazines and appeared on television documentaries about Nelson and the subject of another of his biographies,the novelist and imperialist Sir Rider Haggard.

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