A leader of men and true strategist, Nelson was as ruthless as he was intelligent.
His unconventional approach reaped such victories as the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar.
A parson’s son from Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was noted for his small, frail stature throughout his life, but his appearance masked an iron fortitude.
Entering the Royal Navy as a 12-year old boy, he would go on to be described by Prince William Henry as a seaman, a future ornament to the Service: none could have known how true this would prove.
Though he fell in his most famous moment of victory, Nelson’s legacy extended far beyond the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars: it ushered in more than a century of British naval supremacy, and ended one of history’s great love affairs.
Of all his amours it is Emma, Lady Hamilton, whom people remember, but there were others before her, and his personal letters show just how fallible, how human Nelson was.
Capturing his many contradictions, Warner’s ‘Portrait’ explores how the warrior, the fame-seeker, the diplomat and the romantic impacted one another, and why Nelson is considered the greatest hero in British history.
Praise for A Portrait of Lord Nelson
“The pace, the emphasis could not be bettered … for those who have yet to have Nelson’s genius revealed to them, one cannot think of a better introduction” — Ludovic Kennedy in the Observer
"MR. WARNER'S Portrait, as he rightly calk it, is a worthy addition to the Nelsonian Gallery. He brings out the many sides of his hero's character and shows their influence on his career." — Naval Review
Oliver Warner (1903-1976) was a British author and naval historian. During WWII he joined the Secretariat of the Admiralty, specialising in naval subjects and on the council of the Navy Records Society. From 1944-6 he served on the War Artists Advisory Committee. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, his works included numerous naval biographies and campaign histories from the age of sail to the modern era.
His unconventional approach reaped such victories as the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar.
A parson’s son from Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was noted for his small, frail stature throughout his life, but his appearance masked an iron fortitude.
Entering the Royal Navy as a 12-year old boy, he would go on to be described by Prince William Henry as a seaman, a future ornament to the Service: none could have known how true this would prove.
Though he fell in his most famous moment of victory, Nelson’s legacy extended far beyond the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars: it ushered in more than a century of British naval supremacy, and ended one of history’s great love affairs.
Of all his amours it is Emma, Lady Hamilton, whom people remember, but there were others before her, and his personal letters show just how fallible, how human Nelson was.
Capturing his many contradictions, Warner’s ‘Portrait’ explores how the warrior, the fame-seeker, the diplomat and the romantic impacted one another, and why Nelson is considered the greatest hero in British history.
Praise for A Portrait of Lord Nelson
“The pace, the emphasis could not be bettered … for those who have yet to have Nelson’s genius revealed to them, one cannot think of a better introduction” — Ludovic Kennedy in the Observer
"MR. WARNER'S Portrait, as he rightly calk it, is a worthy addition to the Nelsonian Gallery. He brings out the many sides of his hero's character and shows their influence on his career." — Naval Review
Oliver Warner (1903-1976) was a British author and naval historian. During WWII he joined the Secretariat of the Admiralty, specialising in naval subjects and on the council of the Navy Records Society. From 1944-6 he served on the War Artists Advisory Committee. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, his works included numerous naval biographies and campaign histories from the age of sail to the modern era.
