Nelson: A Personal History
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ISBN: 0201624575 / Publisher: Da Capo Press, January 1995
Traces the life and career of the British naval hero, and discusses Nelson's personality, personal and political friendships, and love affair with Lady Hamilton
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An absorbing biography of the "great and gallant" Horatio Nelson, the one-eyed, one-armed sailor who caught the imagination of late 18th century England and gained immortal fame by dying heroically at the Battle of Trafalgar. Hibbert illuminates, among other things, Nelson's personality, his personal and political friendships, his relationship with Sir William Hamilton, and his passionate love affair with Hamilton's wife, Emma, revealing the man in all of his faults and virtues. Well-illustrated, including a few color plates. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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