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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 48 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Frederick Davidson. |
| Summary |
Having entered the British Navy at the age of twelve, Horatio Lord Nelson achieved the rank of captain at the age of twenty. As captain, he was quickly recognized as a magnetic and controversial figure. He triumphed at Cape St. Vincent and the Nile, but failed at Tenefife and Boulogne. With the glories of Copenhagen and Trafalgar yet ahead of him, his ardent passion for Emma Hamilton, the wife of a British Ambassador, cast a heavy shadow over his career. Audacious in battle (he once ignored a superior's order to cease action at Copenhagen by putting his telescope to his blind eye and saying he could not see the signal) and winner of some of Britain's greatest victories, Nelson possessed an extraordinary amount dash and courage, thus rendering him one of history's great romantic figures. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
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Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Biography.
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Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
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Case, David.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982479435 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982479434 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10077741 |
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