{"product_id":"admiral-lord-nelson-9781349519453","title":"Admiral Lord Nelson","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdmiral Lord Horatio Nelson was a colourful and complex character, whose supremely successful naval career quickly attained legendary status. He returned to war when called back in May and spent a further two years at sea before dying at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Today, two centuries after his death, the 'immortal memory' of Nelson endures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for History and the Media:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'interesting and illuminating essays on diverse aspects of this recent cultural and intellectual revolution [the flourishing of history in the media]. - The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory made and in the making, and the time-loops it both creates and follows, prove endlessly fascinating in these writings.Financial Times Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for What is History Now?:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'At last, What is History? gets the successor it deserves...extremely readable and highly stimulating.' - Roy Porter\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'...destined to become a must-have text for today's history students.' - Tristram Hunt, BBC History Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'...he has assembled a distinguished team who convey, with spirit and lucidity, the scale and excitement of discovery that 40 years of specialization has produced.' - Blair Worden, Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'...should prove invaluable to graduate students and scholars...' - Claude Ury, History: Reviews of New Books\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'Readers will find reliable and insightful information presented without recourse to jargon.' - E. A. Breisach, Choice\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'A fresh look at the icon .. a thought-provoking book.' - John Crossland, The Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'All the essays in the Cannadine collection share the recognition that the Nelson legend itself is a topic for investigation. And like the best collected essays, a major effect of Admiral Lord Nelson: Context and Legacy will be in inspiring other historians to future work - and not just on Nelson. For this reason the work is relevant for students in areas beyond naval and British history.' - H-Net Reviews (H-Albion)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; D.Cannadine Nelson's Predecessors; N.Rodger Nelson and the Media; C.White A Rage for Heroes: Nelson and the Naval Pantheon in St Paul's Cathedral; H.Hoock Nelson's Legacy in the Navy; J.Hattendorf Finding the Lady Nelson Letters; M.Downer Nelson and the British Public; K.Wilson Celebrating Trafalgar Day; J.Mackenzie","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742420173143,"sku":"9781349519453","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781349519453.jpg?v=1758384856","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/admiral-lord-nelson-9781349519453","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}