Title: Losing Nelson
Description: As he writes on Nelson, a British biographer re-lives his battles and romances. But he is obsessed by a black mark against his hero, Nelson's massacre of Neapolitans. The biographer undertakes a trip to Naples and receives an explanation.
Subjects: Fiction, Historiography, Influence, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Naval History, Fiction, historical, Great britain, fiction, Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fiction, Hero worship, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Heroes
Places: Great Britain
People: Horatio Nelson Nelson Viscount (1758-1805)
Time periods: 19th century