Nelson - the New Letters by Colin White
Presents over 500 of the most important letters uncovered during the course of the epic Nelson Letters project, a five-year search of archives round the world. Nelson - The New Letters, edited by Colin White, presents around 500 of the most important letters uncovered during the course of the epic Nelson Letters Project, a five year search of archives throughout the world. Dating from 1777 and including the earliest extant Nelson letter, this collection shows us both Nelson the officer and Nelson the private man, and, uniquely among the plethora of new Nelson books, it records his life and exploitsin his own words. Written in Nelson's free-flowing and conversational style, these letters introduce a very real and human figure bringing us much closer to an otherwise distant historical hero. Colin White's accompanying annotations and essays place Nelson's life and letters in full context. So alongside letters to the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), Prime Minister Addington, and dignitaries like the King and Queen of Naples, covering treaty negotiations, battle orders and campaign plans, we can also read warm missives to family and friends, informal notes and instructions to colleagues and subordinates and some eloquently passionate letters to Emma Hamilton. Other highlights include Nelson's account of the Battle of Copenhagen; detailed orders for the Trafalgar and Nile campaigns; notes of his careful diplomatic negotiations; his network of personal contacts; and his concern with his public image. In the Maritime Foundation's 2005 Media Awards, Nelson - The New Letters was short-listed for the Mountbatten Maritime Prize, and Dr White was short-listed for the Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award. Dr COLIN WHITE was Director of the Royal Naval Museum. In an extraordinarily busy 2005 he was also Director of Trafalgar 200, guest curator of the acclaimed Nelson and Napoleon exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, chaired the Official Nelson Commemorations Committee, and gave dozens of talks on Nelson throughout the country and North America. He was also the author of The Nelson Encyclopaedia The Nelson Companion, and 1797: Nelson's Year of Destiny.
The maritime history world is fortunatethat we now have [Nelson's] de facto autobiography. * AUSMARINE *
Winner of the 2006 Distinguished Book Award for Biography/Memoir, from the Society for Military History (US): 'an outstanding contribution to military history'. * . *
Outstandingly good. * THE GUARDIAN *
Riveting. The admiral that emerges is open, engaged, alive; he writes as one imagines he spoke. * THE ECONOMIST *
Colin White...successfully reminds us why the memory of Nelson and his achievements has endured. * THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS *
Impressively wide-ranging.... A Nelson fan's delight. * DAILY EXPRESS *
In so far as Admiral Nelson has a representative on earth it is Colin White. * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
[An] important addition to the printed Nelson sources [by] perhaps the best-known 'Nelsonian' of our day. * TLS *
These letters reveal the reality of genius in action. -- Andrew Lambert * ARCHIVES *
Winner of the 2006 Distinguished Book Award for Biography/Memoir, from the Society for Military History (US): 'an outstanding contribution to military history'. * . *
Outstandingly good. * THE GUARDIAN *
Riveting. The admiral that emerges is open, engaged, alive; he writes as one imagines he spoke. * THE ECONOMIST *
Colin White...successfully reminds us why the memory of Nelson and his achievements has endured. * THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS *
Impressively wide-ranging.... A Nelson fan's delight. * DAILY EXPRESS *
In so far as Admiral Nelson has a representative on earth it is Colin White. * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
[An] important addition to the printed Nelson sources [by] perhaps the best-known 'Nelsonian' of our day. * TLS *
These letters reveal the reality of genius in action. -- Andrew Lambert * ARCHIVES *
Colin White is the National Maritime Museum's Director of Trafalgar 200 and the Royal Naval Museum's Deputy Director.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843832997 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843832992 |
| Title | Nelson - the New Letters |
| Author | Colin White |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 600 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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