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The Pursuit of Victory - The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Roger Knight was Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum until 2000, and now teaches at the Greenwich Maritime Institute at the University of Greenwich. His previous books for Allen Lane/Penguin are The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson , which won the Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military History, the Mountbatten Award and the Anderson Medal of the Society for Nautical Research, and Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory, 1793-1815 . Klappentext While fully acknowledging Nelson's extraordinary charisma and skill as a leader, Knight takes a cool look at the old orthodoxies about Nelson's deep humanity and Christian piety, demonstrating the ruthlessness that was a core aspect of his personality. Zusammenfassung Horatio Nelson was a shrewd political operator who charmed and impressed political leaders. He was a difficult subordinate, only happy when completely in command, and capable of great ruthlessness. This biography takes a look at Nelson's status as a hero, explaining how Nelson achieved such extraordinary success.

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