About the Author

Colin White is Director of Trafalgar 200 at the National Maritime Museum and Deputy Director at the Royal Naval Museum

Reviews

Colin White...successfully reminds us why the memory of Nelson and his achievements has endured.
*THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS*

In Nelson - The New Letters Colin White has brought to life a treasure-trove of 1,200 letters, creating a virtual Nelson autobiography.
*SEAFARER, the Journal of the Marine Society*

Striking....revealing....gives a sharp insight....[the] letters give a distinct sense of how Nelson was able to inspire so high a degree of loyalty and devotion.....this is a work very much for scholars.
*MARINER'S MIRROR*

In Trafalgar's bicentennial year, there have been several Nelson biographies, but no book about this authentic English hero could surpass the fascination of Nelson's own words...faithfully edited by one of our pre-eminent naval scholars, this compulsive volume paints a picture of the man in all his astonishing complexity.
*OBSERVER*

They are coruscatingly vivid letters, alive with bright expressiveness. [...] On important matters, he writes with gripping verve; the letters giving accounts of engagements, especially those to the Duke of Clarence, are extraordinarily exciting. [...] This is an important addition which the general reader shouldn't overlook.
*SPECTATOR*

Adds a new dimension. [...] This is the closest we will ever get to reading Horatio Nelson's autobiography.
*EASTERN DAILY PRESS*

There is much fresh evidence here to illustrate Nelson's virtuosity as a leader.
*INDEPENDENT*

Impressively wide-ranging.... A Nelson fan's delight and a welcome addition.
*DAILY EXPRESS*

In so far as Admiral Nelson has a representative on earth it is Colin White. [...]
*SUNDAY TELEGRAPH*

[An] important addition to the printed Nelson sources [by] perhaps the best-known 'Nelsonian' of our day.
*TLS*

Standing far above the bicentenary fanfare...White has significantly added to our understanding of Nelson's tempestuous personality.
*MAIL ON SUNDAY*

Nelson's character and conduct, his tactical ideas and strategic insight emerge from his correspondence, in essence in the form of autobiography.....White has served his subject well.
*COUNTRY LIFE*

By any standards, Nelson The New Letters is a distinguished scholarly achievement....Colin [White] has done real service, including printing riches which are still not in the public domain...[he] is a judicious and widely-read editor and he presents his chosen letters with explanation and caution.
*THE TRAFALGAR CHRONICLE*