Author: Edward Pelham BrentonPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Life and correspondence of John, earl of St. Vincent
Author: Edward Pelham BrentonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St. Vincent, etc. [With a portrait.]
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Author: Edward Pelham BRENTONPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes
Author: Nicholas Harris NicolasPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St. Vincent, G.C.B., Admiral of The Fleet, &c. &c. &c
Author: Edward Pelham BrentonPublisher:
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St Vincent, G.C.B
Author: Captain Edward Pelham Brenton R.N.Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1908902302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Earl St. Vincent was not only an excellent administrator, a fine sailor and undaunted defender of the Royal Navy. He was also eclipsed in the tomes of history by his more famous protégé, Lord Nelson. Sir John Jervis had served for many years with distinction before Nelson’s birth; defending Jamaica from privateers and pirates, distinguishing himself during the Seven Years war and War of American Independence. This two-volume biography by Captain Brenton, a contemporary (albeit junior) of both naval heroes, goes some way to fixing the void in the record of Earl St Vincent. The biography includes much of the original documentation and letters of the period when the invasion of the British isles was a real possibility as the French and Spanish turned from enemies to allies and joined their naval might together. At that time Sir John Jervis was in command of squadrons in the Channel, as he had been beforehand in the Mediterrean, enforcing a blockade that strangled the commerce of Spain and France. During those times that ships escaped port, Jervis and his subordinates hunted them without mercy, the most striking example being the battle of St. Vincent. Although outnumbered by his Spanish opponents, Sir John led fifteen of his ships on. The following anecdote is told of the initial contact before the battle: "There are eight sail of the line, Sir John" "Very well, sir" "There are twenty sail of the line, Sir John" "Very well, sir" "There are twenty five sail of the line, Sir John" "Very well, sir" "There are twenty seven sail of the line, Sir John" "Enough, sir, no more of that; the die is cast, and if there are fifty sail I will go through them" His entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that — "His importance lies in his being the organizer of victories; the creator of well-equipped, highly efficient fleets; and in training a school of officers as professional, energetic, and devoted to the service as himself." An excellent and detailed read. Author — Captain Edward Pelham Brenton R.N. (1770-1844)
The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson
Author: Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson from His Manuscripts
Author: James Stanier ClarkePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. from His Lordship's Manuscripts
Author: James Stanier ClarkePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K. B.
Author: James Stanier ClarkePublisher:
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Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Biography of Nelson of published 4 years after Nelson's death. Illustrated with engravings depicting notable events in Nelson's naval career, and battle-views with explanatory plans.
Nelson's Letters to Lady Hamilton and Related Documents
Author: Marianne CzisnikPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000071685
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
This critical edition of Admiral Nelson’s letters to Lady Hamilton is to bring together the important letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton that have only been published in parts over the last 200 years. Only by bringing the letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton together is it possible to assess their relationship and to present certain insights into Nelson’s personality that are not revealed in his official correspondence. Thorough research into this side of Nelson’s personality and into the nature of his notorious and unconventional relationship with Lady Hamilton has been hampered in the past by a desire not to look too closely at Nelson’s personal morality. To a considerable extent their relationship was regarded as a challenge to traditional gender roles and it indeed did not conform to stereotypes that are usually attributed to men and women in a heterosexual relationship. Lady Hamilton was so obviously lacking in the subservience and passivity expected from women in that era that authors over the course of time started to exclude her in their accounts of the public sphere by reducing her to a private weakness of Nelson’s, who could be successful at sea, where he was far away from the enthralling influence of a manipulating woman. The letters in this edition testify how Admiral Nelson’s life at sea was not exclusively public nor was Lady Hamilton’s life ashore solely private. It also shows how the two supposedly separate spheres of male and female lives were connected. A fresh approach and a thorough discussion of this important and neglected aspect not only of Nelson’s life, but of gender history, demands this exact and scholarly edition of the primary material, which consists of about 400 letters that Nelson wrote to Lady Hamilton over the course of the last seven years of his life and about a dozen letters of her to him that have survived.