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Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson
www.nmm.ac.uk/galleries/nelson.html
The National Maritime Museum's biography of Nelson.
Trafalgar 21 October, 1805
www.napoleonguide.com/battle_trafalgar.htm
An account of the battle of Trafalgar, the strategies used and both
the French and the English 'Victory' reports!
Nelson's Censored Passion Uncovered
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles
/0,6109,577908,00.html
An account of the passionate affair between Nelson and Emma Hamilton.
Nelson: The immortal memory by Stephen Howarth & David Howarth
(Brassey's Conway Maritime, 1997) £12.99
Biography of Lord Nelson recording his many failures and successes. The
latter, the author argues, he achieved by preparation, inspiration of
others and bold personal example.
Nelson: The man and the legend by Terry Cleman (Bloomsbury, 2001)
£20
A readable account that shows both the good and the bad sides of Britain's
national hero.
Nelson: A personal history by Christopher Hibbert (Penguin, 1995)
£10.99
This very humanising account of Nelson also evokes a real sense of what
life was like on the sea during the Regency period.
Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in his own words edited by
Joseph F Callo (Naval Institute Press, 2001) £18
Contains the correspondence and military papers of Nelson.
Beloved Emma by Flora Fraser (Papermac, 1999) £12
A detailed biography of the woman with whom Nelson had a passionate affair
until his death.
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