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Having entered the British Navy at the age of twelve, Horatio Lord Nelson achieved the rank of captain at the age of twenty. As captain, he was quickly recognized as a magnetic and controversial figure. He triumphed at Cape St. Vincent and the Nile but failed at Tenefife and Boulogne. With the glories of Copenhagen and Trafalgar yet ahead of him, his ardent passion for Emma Hamilton, the wife of a British Ambassador, cast a heavy shadow over his
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Everyman's library. Biography volume no. 52
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Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) is one of the most popular figures in English history. This biography, by a major English poet, has rarely been out of print since its 1813 debut. It made it onto the British screen as the feature film Nelson, in 1926. This biography is also well-known for influencing such authors as Cooper, Melville, and Mahan.
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Why was Oliver Cromwell selected as one of the ten greatest Britons of all time in a BBC poll? And, yet why was his corpse dug up, hung in chains and beheaded? Read on.
It's the case with every great man in history that we don't know how he became great. Steve Jobs. Churchill. Jesus. Muhammad. But, how? What shaped their character? What paved the way for them to rise into such a position that we still read about them centuries after their death?
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This detailed biography of John Wesley brings to life the remarkable journey of the man who founded Methodism. Written with Southey's distinctive approach to biography, the book provides an engaging and comprehensive account of Wesley's life as well as his work. Contemporary critics, however, claimed that since Southey was not a Methodist, he was unable to fully appreciate and capture Wesley's internal struggles.
