Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in His Own Words [Hardcover]

Joseph F. Callo (Author), Horatio Nelson Nelson (Author)

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"This is an important Nelson book and one that you should spend your Christmas book tokens on." -- The Nelson Dispatch, January 2002

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Chatham Pub (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557501998
• ISBN-13: 978-1557501998
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,369,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent snippet of a Larger than life Man, March 13, 2007

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Joseph G. Whitson Jr. - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in His Own Words (Hardcover)

I was looking for a comprehensive work of Admiral Lord Nelson and in this work I was disappointed. For the $32 retail price I was expecting more 'meat' to this work. At just over 200 pages the 5 X 7 book size was rather lean upon content. It is however, in itself, an excellent work as it contains many excerpts of his letters to both Family and Colleagues with clarifications and comments as to the situation in which the letters were written and their over-all reflection of the man himself.

It is an excellent reference for 'quotes' and brief insights to the politics and realities of the British Navy during Nelson's service. Comments that reflect truths and feelings felt at one time or another by all sailors and soldiers no matter the Flag being served:

"Government don't care much for us." written by him aboard the famous HMS Victory is a case in point.

If your looking for anything like a comprehensive work on the Man and his life I'd advise another work (They are legion and cited in the Books Bib.) but for a beginning this will suffice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lord Nelson!!!, June 26, 2006

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Dan "DSG" (Pontotoc, Ms USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in His Own Words (Hardcover)

Anyone who is interested in research about Lord Nelson and the British Royal Navy will find this book helpful. The author is well qualified and respected. The book is full of many eyewitness accounts of Nelson's apparent wry humour. Anyone wishing to know somewhat type of a man and Admiral Nelson was will find this book helpful. It is excellent, and very affordable.