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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777856203321

Autore

Vincent Edgar

Titolo

Nelson [[electronic resource] ] : love & fame / / Edgar Vincent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2003

ISBN

9786611729752

1-281-72975-2

0-300-12784-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (655 p.)

Disciplina

940.2/7/092

Soggetti

Admirals - Great Britain

Great Britain History, Naval 18th century

Great Britain History, Naval 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [587]-625 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Maps & Diagrams -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Foundations for Life -- 2. Captain Suckling's Legacy -- 3. Five Frustrating Years -- 4. Trying To Get Noticed -- 5. Black Marks and 'On the Beach' -- 6. Melpomene, Minerve, La Fortune -- 7. 'Totally Neglected' -- 8. 'My Disposition Can't Bear Tame and Slow Measures' -- 9. 'It Is Active Young Men That Are Wanted, Not Drones' -- 10. Into the Limelight -- 11. Hubris -- 12. The Admiralty Dips for Nelson -- 13. The Hero Ascends -- 14. The Nile -- 15. Hero Meets Heroine -- 16. Disappointments, Dilemmas and Disharmony -- 17. Neapolitan Affairs -- 18. Soulmates -- 19. Public Fame and Private Pain -- 20. Bitter-sweet Emotions -- 21. Copenhagen -- 22. Phoney War -- 23. Fame without Fortune -- 24. Commander-in-Chief -- 25. Waiting -- 26. French Diversions -- 27. Dame Fortune's Last Favour -- Exeunt Omnes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nelson's naval glory, public fame, charismatic leadership, scandalous romance, and untimely death as he led the British to victory at the Battle of Trafalgar have ensured his enduring position as England's favorite hero. This engaging, full-length biography of Nelson (1758-1805) presents a gripping account of his career and climb to fame interwoven with the fascinating details of his personal and emotional



life. A man of contradictions, Nelson emerges in this biography as a ruthless and aggressive leader; an ambitious attention-seeker capable of childish behavior; but a figure admired for his courage, kindness, and leadership skills. Edgar Vincent offers a number of new interpretations of aspects of Nelson's life, illuminates the motives and attitudes of key figures who surrounded him, and provides an account of his early infatuations, his courtship of his wife Fanny, and his passion for his celebrated mistress Lady Hamilton. Captured on these pages in all his vigor and complexity, Nelson is as charismatic a figure today as he was two hundred years ago.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144092303321

Titolo

Chinese women and the cyberspace / / edited by Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Amsterdam], : Amsterdam University Press, 2008

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

9786611787745

9781281787743

1281787744

9789048501403

9048501407

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

KuahKhun Eng

Disciplina

305.48962

Soggetti

Internet and women - China

Internet - Social aspects - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Work, leisure, politics and identity -- pt. 2. Love, sex and marriage.

Sommario/riassunto

This edited book examines how Chinese women negotiate the Internet to empower themselves and the tensions and conflicts that arise out of



this use.