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Robert Southey's well-known biography of Horatio Lord Nelson. Southey admired Lord Nelson and published a biography of the Admiral in 1813. It was one of his most enduringly popular works.

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"England expects that every man will do his duty" - Nelson before the Battle of Trafalgar Over the course of its history, England has engaged in an uncountable number of battles, but none of her military heroes has had a greater military legacy than Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson,... Read Full Overview

Southey's biography of Britain's most famous naval hero has gained historical and literary importance since its publication in 1830. A peer of Coleridge, Byron and Wordsworth, his biography of Nelson influenced such writers as Herman Melville, Alfred Thayer Mahan and James Fenimore... Read Full Overview

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Robert Southey was born on the 12th of August 1774 in Bristol. A poet of the Romantic school and one of the "Lake Poets". Although his fame has been eclipsed by that of his friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey's verse was highly influential and he wrote... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Life of Nelson - The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. Vol. I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and... Read Full Overview