Nelson : love & fame / / Edgar Vincent

• Autore: Vincent Edgar
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (655 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.2/7/092
• Soggetto topico: Admirals - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History, Naval 18th century; Great Britain History, Naval 19th century
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nelson
• ISBN: 9786611729752; 1-281-72975-2; 0-300-12784-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807939103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II