Nelson The Sailor
The misunderstood life & times of Horatio Nelson
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Back to the Fuger – Nelson’s Finest Portrait?
I love this portrait by Friedrich Heinrich Fuger. Nelson sat for it in Vienna in 1800. It’s said to be one of the best likenesses. It is noteworthy in that he is dressed smart/casual, like a weather presenter on Countryfile or a teacher on a school trip.
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My Top 10 Books About Nelson And His Era
Having ploughed my way through countless books about Nelson and Georgian England, I thought you might be interested in seeing what some of my favourites are. Here are ten of the best (in no particular order): Nelson – Carola Oman (1946) – I know I said these are in ‘no particular order’, but this is probably my favourite biography. Published just after the second world war, it is one of the few Nelson books which stops and smells the roses. By which, I mean it has vivid descriptions of locations and gives a visual sense of the Georgian era. Oman…
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