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1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 525 pages)
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9781846154157
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Correspondence Selections
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〈I〉Nelson - The New Letters〈/I〉, edited by Colin White, presents around 500 of the most important letters uncovered during the course of the epic Nelson Letters Project, a five year search of archives throughout the world. 〈BR〉 Dating from 1777 and including the earliest extant Nelson letter, this collection shows us both Nelson the officer and Nelson the private man, and, uniquely among the plethora of new Nelson books, it records his life and exploits in his own words. 〈BR〉 Written in Nelson's free-flowing and conversational style, these letters introduce a very real and human figure bringing us much closer to an otherwise distant historical hero. Colin White's accompanying annotations and essays place Nelson's life and letters in full context. 〈BR〉 So alongside letters to the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), Prime Minister Addington, and dignitaries like the King and Queen of Naples, covering treaty negotiations, battle orders and campaign plans, we can also read warm missives to family and friends, informal notes and instructions to colleagues and subordinates and some eloquently passionate letters to Emma Hamilton. 〈BR〉 Other highlights include Nelson's account of the Battle of Copenhagen; detailed orders for the Trafalgar and Nile campaigns; notes of his careful diplomatic negotiations; his network of personal contacts; and his concern with his public image. 〈BR〉 In the Maritime Foundation's 2005 Media Awards, Nelson - The New Letters was short-listed for the Mountbatten Maritime Prize, and Dr White was short-listed for the Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award.〈BR〉 Dr COLIN WHITE was Director of the Royal Naval Museum. In an extraordinarily busy 2005 he was also Director of Trafalgar 200, guest curator of the acclaimed 〈I〉Nelson and Napoleon〈/I〉 exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, chaired the Official Nelson Commemorations Committee, and gave dozens of talks on Nelson throughout the country and North America. He was also the author of 〈I〉The Nelson Encyclopaedia The Nelson Companion〈/I〉, and 〈I〉1797: Nelson's Year of Destiny〈/I〉
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Nelson -- in his own words ; Pt. 1. The man and the admiral ; 1. Family ; 2. Friends ; 3. Lovers ; 4. Leadership style ; 5. Popular image ; 6. Patronage ; 7. Humanity ; Interlude : from midshipman to lieutenant : 1771-1777 ; Pt. 2. The hero emerges : 1777-1797 ; 8. The war with America, 1778-1782 ; 9. The peace, 1783-1793 ; 10. The Mediterranean and Corsica, 1793-1795 ; 11. The Italian campaign, 1795-1796 ; 12. 1797 : Nelson's 'year of destiny' ; Pt. 3. Squadron commander, Mediterranean : 1798-1800 ; 13. The Nile campaign, April-August 1798 ; 14. The Italian campaign, September 1798-July 1799 ; 15. The wider campaign, 1799-1800 ; Interlude : the return to England : June 1800-January 1801 ; Pt. 4. Northern waters : 1801 ; 16. Copenhagen and the Baltic command, January-June 1801 ; 17. The Channel command, July-October 1801 ; Interlude : the peace of Amiens : October 1801-April 1803 ; Pt. 5. Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean : 1803-1805 ; 18. The task ; 19. Setting off, April-July 1803 ; 20. Orders to captains ; 21. The admiral's files ; 22. Diplomacy ; 23. Intelligence ; 24. Sardinia ; Pt. 6. The Trafalgar campaign : January-October 1805 ; 25. The first French breakout, January-March 1805 ; 26. The second breakout and the chase, April-August 1805 ; 27. Build-up to battle, September-October 1805 ; App. Nelson's ships ; App. A Nelsonian 'who's who'
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