NELSON: A Dream of Glory, 1758–1797
John Peter Sugden, . . Holt, $35 (960pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-7757-5
This splendid and colossal volume is the first of two constituting what is likely to be the definitive biography of Lord Nelson for at least a generation. The basic narrative may be familiar to most readers, taking Nelson from his childhood in a Norfolk rectory into the Royal Navy and up through its ranks to rear admiral. It leaves him there, temporarily beached, steeped in glory from his role at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and minus an arm and an eye. Sugden (
Reviewed on: 10/18/2004
Genre: Nonfiction
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