Brian Lavery is Curator of Naval History at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, U.K. His 13 previous publications include Nelson's Navy, The Illustrated History of Nelson and Nelson and the Nile. He is a trustee of the Royal Naval Museum and a council member of the Navy Records Society and the Society for Nautical Research.
"This is a modern work with the modern reader in mind, and it is
deserving of attention, as is Nelson's legacy...This is indeed the
right book for the right time and is highly recommended."
*H-Net Book Review*
"[Lavery] has written a fast-paced, absorbing chronicle of
Britain's most celebrated naval commander."
*Booklist*
"I have read several books on Britain's greatest hero, but this is
by far the most concise in its clarity and brevity. Illustrated
with period documents, maps, paintings and drawings, Lavery's book
gets to the point and stays there, offering a very human portrait
of a larger than life character who was both flawed and
magnificent, and in the end, a man of flesh and blood, not a
sainted deity."
*Sea History*
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