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Losing Nelson

By Barry Unsworth

Losing Nelson Contemporary literature

Losing Nelson

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Losing Nelson is a novel of obsession, the story of Charles Cleasby, a man unable to see himself separately from the hero-Lord Horatio Nelson-he mistakenly idolizes. He is, in fact, a Nelson biographer run amok. He is convinced that Nelson, Britain's greatest admiral, who lost his own life defeating Napoleon in the Battle of Trafalgar, is the perfect hero. However, in his research he has come upon an incident of horrifying brutality in Nelson's military career that simply stumps all attempts at glorification. "Books about the sea and those who sail it are much in vogue. This seems to have been set off by the surprising and much deserved popularity of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm, not to mention the Aubrey/Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian. . . . [Losing Nelson is] the best book of the lot."-Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World (1999 Critic's Choice). A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1999; A New York Times Notable Book of 1999. Reading group guide available.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2012-11-19
Publication Date:
2000-10-01
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0393321177
ISBN13:
9780393321173
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[email protected]
Weight:
497 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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