The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey

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Cambridge University Press
02 July 2015

Biography: historical, political & military; Napoleonic Wars; Naval forces & warfare

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History

Robert Southey (1774–1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was Poet Laureate from 1813 to 1843. He also wrote historical works and was a noted scholar of Portuguese. (His three-volume history of Brazil is also reissued in this series.) As Southey himself states, many lives of Nelson had been written since the hero's death at Trafalgar in 1805, but what he is attempting in these two volumes, published in 1813, is a work 'clear and concise enough to become a manual for the young sailor … till he has treasured up the example in his memory and in his heart'. In this 'eulogy', Volume 1 describes Nelson's boyhood and early experience of the sea, his service on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Arctic, his uneasy relationship with the Admiralty, and his role in the Napoleonic Wars up to the battle of the Nile.

By: Robert Southey
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: Volume 1
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 350g
ISBN: 9781108083447
ISBN 10: 1108083447
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 02 July 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Nelson's birth and boyhood, East Indies, American war; 2. Nelson goes to France during the peace; 3. The Agamemnon sent to the Mediterranean; 4. Sir J. Jervis takes the command; 5. Nelson rejoins Earl St Vincent in the Vanguard, battle of the Nile.

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The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey

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