The Life of Nelson 2 Volume Set

This two-volume 1813 'eulogy' of Nelson, ending with his heroic death at Trafalgar, was intended to inspire young sailors.

Robert Southey (Author)

9781108083799, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 2 July 2015

556 pages
22.1 x 14.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.71 kg

Robert Southey (1774–1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was Poet Laureate from 1813 to 1843. He also wrote historical works and was a noted scholar of Portuguese. (His three-volume history of Brazil is also reissued in this series.) As Southey himself states, many lives of Nelson had been written since the hero's death at Trafalgar in 1805, but what he is attempting in these two volumes, published in 1813, is a work 'clear and concise enough to become a manual for the young sailor … till he has treasured up the example in his memory and in his heart'. In this 'eulogy', Volume 1 describes Nelson's boyhood and early experience of the sea, his service on both sides of the Atlantic, and his role in the Napoleonic Wars up to the battle of the Nile. Volume 2 continues the story until Nelson's death in the hour of victory.

Volume 1: 1. Nelson's birth and boyhood, East Indies, American war
2. Nelson goes to France during the peace
3. The Agamemnon sent to the Mediterranean
4. Sir J. Jervis takes the command
5. Nelson rejoins Earl St Vincent in the Vanguard, battle of the Nile. Volume 2: 6. Nelson returns to Naples
7. Nelson separates himself from his wife, goes to the Baltic
8. Sir Hyde Parker is recalled, and Nelson appointed Commander
9. Battle of Trafalgar, Victory, and death of Nelson.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]