03427nam 2200577Ia 450 991045136640332120200520144314.01-280-83555-90-19-803363-X1-4294-3826-6(CKB)1000000000469637(EBL)422543(OCoLC)437108804(SSID)ssj0000209208(PQKBManifestationID)11190548(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000209208(PQKBWorkID)10262389(PQKB)10159559(MiAaPQ)EBC422543(EXLCZ)99100000000046963720020509e20022001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Nelson touch[electronic resource] the life and legend of Horatio Nelson /Terry ColemanOxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press20021 online resource (475 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517322-8 0-19-514741-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-408) and index.Contents; Author's Note and Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; 1 Natural Born Predator; 2 Well Then, I Will Be a Hero; 3 The Whole Glory of the Service; 4 The Reduction of the New World; 5 Fair Canada, and the Merest Boy; 6 Subjects of the Grand Monarque; 7 Running at the Ring of Pleasure; 8 Let My Heart Speak for Me; 9 I Perceive the Contrary Effect; 10 Nelson Found Wanting; 11 The Horror, and the Benefit to the Nation; 12 I Shall Come Laughing Back; 13 The Making of the Legend; 14 The Nile, and the Happy Instrument of God; 15 The Family, and the Great Stage of Life16 Fiddlers, Poets, Whores, and Scoundrels17 The Sicilifying of My Own Conscience; 18 Inactive at a Foreign Court; 19 The Homecoming; 20 Champion of England in the North; 21 Not Since the Armada Business; 22 So Much for Gratitude; 23 Planting Trees with One Hand; 24 The Long Watch, and the Grand Race of Glory; 25 A Legacy to My King and Country; 26 State Funeral and Empty Chariot; 27 The Founding of a Family; Appendix A: Nelson at Naples, 1799; Appendix B: Nelson's Text; Appendix C: Ships' Ratings; Notes and Sources; Select Bibliography; IndexAdmiral Horatio Nelson captures our imaginations like few other military figures. A mixture of tactical originality, raw courage, cruelty, and romantic passion, Nelson in action was daring and direct, a paramount naval genius and a natural born predator. Now, in The Nelson Touch: The Life and Legend of Horatio Nelson, novelist Terry Coleman provides a superb portrait of Britain's most revered naval figure. Here is a vivid account of Nelson's life, from his childhood and early career at sea--where a high-placed uncle helped speed his advancement to post captain--to gripping accounts of his greaAdmiralsGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainHistory, Naval18th centuryGreat BritainHistory, Naval19th centuryElectronic books.Admirals940.2/7/092BColeman Terry1931-711369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451366403321The Nelson touch2449998UNINA