Losing Nelson by Barry Unsworth

Losing Nelson by Barry Unsworth

As the child of an absent mother and a disapproving father, Charles Cleasby found comfort in solitary games of chess. Many years later, in the house where he grew up and now lives alone, he re-enacts the naval battles of his hero Horatio Nelson, moving model ships as carefully as he once did chess pieces.

It is accomplished, effective, exciting, and intelligent.. information is cunningly deployed, the pace is controlled: the mood of zealous desperation is heightened from page to page -- Hilary Mantel * Sunday Times *
Wonderful -- Barbara Trapido * Independent on Sunday *
Ingenious ... richly informative and sardonically entertaining -- Books of the year * Sunday Times *
This truly excellent novel delves deep into the tragic side of hero-worship and heroism, and is a work of pathos and power * Guardian *
Masterly * Evening Standard *

Barry Unsworth was born in 1930 in Durham. He was the author of many novels, including Pascali’s Island, which was shortlisted for the 1980 Booker Prize; Stone Virgin (1985); Sacred Hunger, which was joint winner of the 1992 Booker Prize; Morality Play, which was shortlisted for the 1995 Booker Prize; Losing Nelson (1999); The Songs of the King (2002); The Ruby in Her Navel (2006); Land of Marvels (2009); and The Quality of Mercy (2011), which was shortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. Barry Unsworth died in 2012.

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ISBN 13	9780099558538
ISBN 10	009955853X
Title	Losing Nelson
Author	Barry Unsworth
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	2012-09-06
Number of pages	320
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