The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson by Roger Knig

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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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The starting point of Roger Knight's magnificent new biography is to explain how Nelson achieved such extraordinary success. Knight places him firmly in the context of the Royal Navy at the time. He analyses Nelson's more obvious qualities, his leadership strengths and his coolness and certainty in battle, and also explores his strategic grasp, the condition of his ships, the skill of his seamen and his relationships with the officers around him - including those who could hardly be called friendly.This biography takes a cool look at Nelson's status as a hero and demolishes many of the myths that were so carefully established by the early authors, and repeated by their modern successors. Nelson was a shrewd political operator who charmed and impressed political leaders and whose advancement was helped by the relatively weak generation of admirals above him. He was a difficult subordinate, only happy when completely in command, and capable of great ruthlessness. He was flawed, but brilliant - and not to be crossed.

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Subtitled, The Life & Achievement Of Horatio Nelson. The starting point of Roger Knight's magnificent new biography is to explain how Nelson achieved such extraordinary success, and places him firmly in the context of the Royal Navy of the time. He looks at his status as a hero, his flawed yet brilliant character as a man not to be crossed.

Author Biography

Roger Knight is one of Britain's foremost experts on naval history and a renowned Nelson scholar. He was the Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the National Maritime Museum from 1988 to 2000 and is now Visiting Professor of Naval History at the Greenwich Maritime Institute. He is also an experienced yachtsman, and has cruised most of the waters described in this book.

Details ISBN0141007613 Pages 784 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2006 ISBN-10 0141007613 ISBN-13 9780141007618 Format Paperback Publication Date 2006-06-29 Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Subtitle The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 359.331092 Illustrations Illustrations (some col.) Media Book Edition 1st Author Roger Knight Short Title The Pursuit of Victory UK Release Date 2006-06-29 Alternative 9780141937885 Audience General NZ Release Date 2006-08-01 AU Release Date 2006-08-01 We've got this

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