The Private Correspondence of Admiral Lord Collingwood

by Edward Hughes

This volume attempts to rescue Nelson's second-in-command at Trafalgar from the comparative obscurity that had overtaken him since the close of the nineteenth century. Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood (1748-1810), lionised for his role at Trafalgar by his contemporaries and by Victorians, had become widely viewed in the first half of the twentieth century as a naval 'mediocrity'.

The contents are Collingwood's correspondence (1776-1810) mainly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191142324X
• ISBN13: 9781911423249
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"