About Longer Reads
This page will largely feature extracts from my upcoming Nelson biography, Lamented Hero. These pieces will be ideal content for the train to work, idling in bed, or loafing on the loo.
‘Popular applause is very acceptable and grateful to me, but no man ought to be too much elated by it. It is too precarious to be depended upon, and it may be my turn to feel the tide set as strong against me as ever it did for me.’
Horatio Nelson
Longer Reads
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The Birth of Horatio Nelson: A Georgian Tale
The birth of Nelson and some details of the grim reality of child mortality at that time
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Nelson’s Schooldays: Part 2 – Paston (North Walsham)
Find out about Nelson’s school days in North Walsham.
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Nelson’s Schooldays: Part 1 – Norwich
Find out about Nelson’s early years in school in Norwich.
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The Battle of the Nile – The Destruction of the L’ Orient
The tale of the destruction of the largest French ship at the Battle of the Nile OTD 1798.
Nelson The Sailor 