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HOWARTH**, DAVID & HOWARTH, STEPHEN: : NELSON: The Immortal Memory

LONDON.CONWAY MARITIME PRESS,1997.

ISBN 0851777201.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus (originally published J.M.DENT,1988 - this edn in 1997,in the Conway Classic series by Conway Maritime Press.) MINT/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj.Blue+white illustrated dw/dj (A print by James Heath depicting the death of Nelson after a painting by Sir Benjamin West) with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges,miniscule bumping/creasing to foot of spine/backstrip and no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents pristine.Unblemished,publisher's plain royal blue cloth boards with bright,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus, vii-ixpp+1-390pp includes title+half-title pages,contents+illustrations lists,16pp b/w contemporary illus/paintings: 8pp between pp118/19 and 8pp between pp214/15 respectively, and an index. Horatio Nelson was the most brilliant and most honoured naval leader Britain has ever known,a great seaman and a great tactician who possessed an extraordinary ability to inspire respect and devotion. David Howarth and Stephen Howarth,two of the United Kingdom's finest naval historians,create here an immensely human portrait of the man - at once humble yet ambitious,kind but at times irritable,exceptionally loveable and yet often vain and self-pitying,unswerving in his sense of professional duty but unfaithful to his wife in one tremendous love affair.And they also evoke a remarkable sense of what it was to sail the seas in Nelson's day,in peace and in war.The great battles at St Vincent, the Nile and Copenhagen spring vividly to life,as do the achievements of the British blockading fleet off the French coast in the months and years before the victory of Trafalgar - a victory so decisive and so devastating that it put an end to war at sea for a century. The Howarths explore successfully the special relationship which Nelson enjoyed with the Navy of his day.Ratings,senior officers,young lieutenants - none was immune to Nelson's "natural,unforced charm,the feeling of mutual confidence and consultation between professionals,ignoring differences in rank and age." Splendid battle scenes and seascape prose mark the odyssey from 12-year-old captain's servant to Vice Admiral,and Hero of England.A penetrating but sympathetic biography by well respected father and son historians,brings us closer than ever before to an understanding of one of our most revered heroes,who even during his lifetime secured an enduring place in the hearts of an entire nation. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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