LEADER 03366nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910820173503321 005 20230607221923.0 010 $a1-280-83555-9 010 $a0-19-803363-X 010 $a1-4294-3826-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000469637 035 $a(EBL)422543 035 $a(OCoLC)437108804 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000209208 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190548 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000209208 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10262389 035 $a(PQKB)10159559 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422543 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469637 100 $a20020509e20022001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Nelson touch $ethe life and legend of Horatio Nelson /$fTerry Coleman 210 $aOxford [England] ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (475 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-517322-8 311 $a0-19-514741-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [403]-408) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Life 327 $a16 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; Index 330 $aAdmiral 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 grea 606 $aAdmirals$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval$y18th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval$y19th century 615 0$aAdmirals 676 $a940.2/7/092 676 $aB 700 $aColeman$b Terry$f1931-$0711369 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820173503321 996 $aThe Nelson touch$93947919 997 $aUNINA