Horatio Nelson
Subtitle: A Controversial Hero
Publisher: A Hodder Arnold Publication
Published: November 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780340900215
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; Biography: general; Naval forces & warfare; c 1800 to c 1900; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Military; Biography & Autobiography / Military; Europe - Great Britain - General; 1758-1805; 18th century; Admirals; Biography; Great Britain; History, Naval; Nelson, Horatio Nelson,; Viscount,
Description: "Marianne Czisnik illuminates the life and reputation of Britain's most famous admiral in a fresh and groundbreaking manner. Some of the most controversial aspects of his life and career are explored, such as his involvement in the defeat of the Neapolitan revolution and his notorious love affair with Lady Hamilton. Along the way, new research is introduced that provides original insights into the character of this complex man and the way his image was developed by successive generations of biographers and naval historians."

"The second part traces how Nelson has evolved in the popular imagination during the two hundred years since his death. This includes an examination of visual imagery, propaganda and fiction, as well as treatments of the admiral from a French, Spanish and German perspective. In this distinctive contribution to Nelson literature, Czianik expertly reveals how the real man has been obscured, distorted and misunderstood by those for whom the image was more important than the reality."--Jacket.