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Nelson : love & fame /

Main Author: Vincent, Edgar.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, > 1758-1805.
Nelson, Frances, > 1761-1831.
Hamilton, Emma, > 1761?-1815.
Nelson, Horatio Nelson,
Nelson, Frances Nelson, > 1761-1831.
Admirals > Great Britain
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century.
Great Britain.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=187712
Table of Contents:
  • Foundations for life
  • Captain Suckling's legacy
  • Five frustrating years
  • Trying to get noticed
  • Black marks and on the beach
  • Melpomene, Minerve, La Fortune
  • 'Totally neglected'
  • 'My disposition can't bear tame and slow measures'
  • 'It is active young men that are wanted, not drones'
  • Into the limelight
  • Hubris
  • The Admirality dips for Nelson
  • The hero ascends
  • The Nile
  • Hero meets heroine
  • Disappointments dilemmas and disharmony
  • Neapolitan affairs
  • Soulmates
  • Public fame and private pain
  • Bitter-sweet emotions
  • Copenhagen
  • Phoney war
  • Fame without fortune
  • Commander-in-chief
  • Waiting
  • French diversions
  • Dame Fortune's last favour.

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