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Nelson the Sailor [Illustrated Edition]
Nelson the Sailor [Illustrated Edition]
Nelson the Sailor [Illustrated Edition]
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Lord Nelson sailed across the ocean, but tides can turn and winds can blow. This exploration of his short life takes a balanced view of his achievements and failures as not necessarily making for smooth sailing.

With plates and diagrams.

“A critical study from the naval officer’s angle.”—The Naval Review

"Captain Grenfell has both the background and literary ability to bring the whole dramatic story brilliantly alive."—San Francisco Chronicle

"A remarkably lucid account."—Time Magazine

"Thoroughly rewarding."—New York Times

"Full of dramatic interest."—Times Literary Supplement
LanguageEnglish
PublisherWagram Press
Release dateOct 27, 2016
ISBN9781787202252
Nelson the Sailor [Illustrated Edition]
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Capt. Russell Grenfell

Captain Russell Grenfell (April 10, 1892 - July 4, 1954) was a naval officer and author and former Naval Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. Educated as a cadet at Osborne from 1905, Grenfell first went to sea in 1909 and was promoted Lieutenant in June 1914. Having served on battleships, and was appointed to command destroyers. After war end, Grenfell graduated from the Naval Staff College and served in fleet flagships on the Home and Mediterranean stations. His final post before retirement from the Royal Navy in 1937 was as senior commander on the staff of the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich. Before he left the Navy he had already written a book on cruiser organisation, and following retirement authored many naval books, including The Art of the Admiral (1937) and Sea Power in the Next War (1938). Captain Grenfell died in 1954 at the age of 62.

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