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Nelson

Christopher Hibbert

In this coloful absorbing tale of Nelson's life on and off the high seas Hibbert illuminates the admiral's personality his personal and political friendships his relationship with Sir William Hamilton and his passionate love affair with Hamilton's wife the beautiful Lady Emma daughter of a blacksmith and once a London prostitute. Whether quarreling with royalty wooing beautiful women around the world or winning history's most famous sea battles Hibbert's irascible Nelson is a character for all times.
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  • Classification : General Non-Fiction
  • Pub Date : JUN 10, 1996
  • Imprint : Hachette Go
  • Page Extent : 524
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780201408003
  • Price : INR 2,140
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Christopher Hibbert

Christopher Hibbert (1924-2008) was born in Leicestershire and educated at Radley and Oriel Colleges Oxford. He served as infantry officer during the war was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. Described by Professor J. H. Plumb as 'a writer of the highest ability' he was in the words of the Times Educational Supplement 'perhaps the most gifted popular historian' of his day. Christopher Hibbert was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt of Leicester University.

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