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"Nelson: A Dream of Glory" is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson's rise to international fame. Giving us the private as well as the public man, it combines ground-breaking scholarship with a brilliantly vivid and compelling style.

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A masterpiece... The flagship of the fleet, it leaves all others trailing in its wake -- Neil Hanson * Sunday Times *
A magnificently-researched and thoughtful work which locates Nelson in a global context -- Linda Colley
This work is massively authoritative -- Max Hastings * Sunday Telegraph *
One can say with confidence that this momumental tome is the finest yet written on England's great naval hero. Sugden's brilliant book is chock-full of fascinating details. And if the second volume turns out as well as this, his life of Nelson will be one of the historical masterpieces of our time -- Frank McLynn * Daily Express *
A massive, first-rate battleship of a book -- Colin White * Observer *

Nelson: A Dream of Glory

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      Publisher Vintage Publishing
      Published 6 September 2012
      ISBN-13 9781845951917
      978-1845951917
      ISBN-10 1845951913
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      Biography Biography: historical, political and military Politics, Philosophy & Society Naval forces and warfare

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "Nelson: A Dream of Glory" is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson's rise to international fame. Giving us the private as well as the public man, it combines ground-breaking scholarship with a brilliantly vivid and compelling style.

      Trade Review
      A masterpiece... The flagship of the fleet, it leaves all others trailing in its wake -- Neil Hanson * Sunday Times *
      A magnificently-researched and thoughtful work which locates Nelson in a global context -- Linda Colley
      This work is massively authoritative -- Max Hastings * Sunday Telegraph *
      One can say with confidence that this momumental tome is the finest yet written on England's great naval hero. Sugden's brilliant book is chock-full of fascinating details. And if the second volume turns out as well as this, his life of Nelson will be one of the historical masterpieces of our time -- Frank McLynn * Daily Express *
      A massive, first-rate battleship of a book -- Colin White * Observer *

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