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With the Utmost Possible Dispatch: Poems of Nelson's Navy
Harry Turner
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Description for With the Utmost Possible Dispatch: Poems of Nelson's Navy
Hardcover. A celebration of Nelson's great seamanship and the complexities of his private life Num Pages: 176 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DCF; HBJD1; HBLL; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Twenty three modern epic poems of Nelson's Navy, written in a robust, traditional style with a rhythm and pace that captures the atmosphere of that dramatic century when Britannia truly ruled the waves. The poems: 1) reflect both Nelson's genius as an Admiral and his complex private life, particularly his relationship with Emma Hamilton; 2) celebrate his extraordinary seamanship in the great battles of the Nile, Copenhagen, Santa Cruz and Trafalgar; 3) recall the harsh conditions under which ordinary British sailors served their country at sea; 4) paint a stark and bloody picture of the ferocious fighting at close quarters ... Read more
Twenty three modern epic poems of Nelson's Navy, written in a robust, traditional style with a rhythm and pace that captures the atmosphere of that dramatic century when Britannia truly ruled the waves. The poems: 1) reflect both Nelson's genius as an Admiral and his complex private life, particularly his relationship with Emma Hamilton; 2) celebrate his extraordinary seamanship in the great battles of the Nile, Copenhagen, Santa Cruz and Trafalgar; 3) recall the harsh conditions under which ordinary British sailors served their country at sea; 4) paint a stark and bloody picture of the ferocious fighting at close quarters ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Spellmount
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862271753
SKU
V9781862271753
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Harry Turner
Harry Turner is the author of Against All Hazards - Poems of the Peninsular War also published by Spellmount.
Reviews for With the Utmost Possible Dispatch: Poems of Nelson's Navy
"Critical appraisal for Against All Hazards: "Harry Turner's poems come from the heart"...Andrew Roberts "The poems are very sympathetic to their subject"...Philip Haythornthwaite