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Merton, Wimbledon and Nelson : an account of the purchase of the deeds of Merton Place by the John Evelyn Society of Wimbledon. 1975. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92NELSON

The dispatches and letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson / Nelson, Horatio. 1944. Nelson, Horatio Nelson,-Viscount, 1944 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"17/18"

Nelson's first love : Fanny's story /Patrick Delaforce. "Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was one of England's famous folk heroes, about whom many famous writers have written. Nelson's mistress Lady Emma Hamilton has also had excellent biographies written about her. However Lady Frances 'Fanny' Nelson, Duchess of Bronte, was Nelson's beloved wife for fourteen years. Of good family, brought up in the rich plantation life on Nevis in the West Indies, she married a completely unknown naval captain in 1787. He was very unpopular locally, had no particular prospects, lived on his pay and was no 'catch' at all. Fanny was his loyal devoted wife - and his equally devoted widow - until she died in London in 1831 at the age of 70. Most biographers of Nelson have failed to give her more than a cursory glance, hypnotised as they have been by the dynamic sea captain and his mistress. Fanny was handsome, highly intelligent, well read, spoke excellent French, always dressed fashionably, painted watercolours better than most, and played the piano. She wrote entertaining letters, had a wide circle of friends, was presented at court and was a favourite with all the Lords of the Admiralty and their wives. She lived a long and interesting life, in London, Bath, Paris and Devon. Although she failed to give Nelson a child, she did give him her son by her first marriage, Josiah Nisbet, to whom the Admiral was deeply attached. This is the strange story of a mother and her son and their intimate relationship with England's greatest naval hero."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON, FRANCES

The men of HMS Victory at Trafalgar including the muster roll of HMS Victory, casualties, parliamentary grant, prize money, Lloyd's Patriotic Fund rewards, medals and pay rates / John D. Clarke. Clarke, John D. 1999. • FOLIO • 3 copies available. 92:355.49"1805"(42:44)

The battle of Trafalgar : a poem ; to which is added, a selection of fugitive pieces ; chiefly written at sea /by Laurence Halloran, D.D., late chaplain of the Britannia, and secretary to Rear Admiral The Earl of Northesk, K.B. Halloran, Laurence Hynes, 1806. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-1

The trident of Albion : an epic effusion : and an oration on the influence of elocution on martial enthusiasm ... Thelwall, John 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

Nelson, postcard hero : a Trafalgar bicentennial tribute in 200 picture postcards. Nelson, Peter. [2005?] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92NELSON(0.021.6)

Southey's 'Nelson' : bibliography of the 1813 - 1857 English editions of Robert's Southey's Life of Nelson /Michael Nash. "Robert Southey had been living in his Cumberland home of Greta Hall for seven years by the time he received an inivitation from the editor of the Quarterly Review, William Gifford, to write an assessment of the principal biographies of Lord Nelson published since the Admiral's heroic death at Trafalgar in 1805. [...] Southey's 'Nelson' follows the fortunes of the Poet Laureate's Life of Nelson from 1813 to 1857 during which twenty-four books are examined in detail. Along the way we discover, for example, that some of these publications are not editions at all, but disguised remainders. We learn of the agreement reached between John Murray and Thomas Tegg and how that agreement was breached. We discover the tenuous relationships that existed between John Murray and his printers; how the latter were forever treading on eggshells in order to maintain their business ties with the most successful London bookseller of the early nineteenth century."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

A new table of seven-place logarithms of all numbers 20 000 to 200 000 / by Edward Sang, F.R.S.E. Sang, Edward, 1871 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 519.662(083.5):094

The dispatches and letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson Nelson, Horatio Nelson,-Viscount, 1844 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:92Nelson(093.2)

The voyage of the Beagle : Darwin's extraordinary adventure aboard Fitzroy's famous survey ship /James Taylor. Taylor, James. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(100)"1831/1836"

HMS Pickle : the swiftest ship in Nelson's Trafalgar fleet /Peter Hore ; foreword by Andrew Lambert. "The smallest ship in Nelson's fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar was the curiously-named HMS Pickle. The ship was a topsail schooner and, though deemed too small to take park in the fighting it distinguished itself as the ship to bring Captain John Lapenotiere with the news of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar and his death. The schooner set off on October 26th and took 9 days to reach Britain after facing a gale off Cape Finisterre. After the Pickle anchored in Flamouth Bay on November 4th Lapenotiere started his journey to London (a trip that usually took a week was covered in 37 hours with 19 horse changes). [Author] Peter Hore describes the ship's beginnings as a civilian vessel called Sting, through conversion with 10 guns and its role with Admiral Cornwall's Inshore Squadron for French reconnaissance in 1803. HMS Pickle was also involved in the rescue for the crew of HMS Magnificent in 1804 and further reconnaissance missions. This full history details other colourful episodes including a single-ship action against the French privateer Favorite in 1807. Pickle was wrecked in July 1808 when she was grounded as she entered Cadiz harbour but without loss of life. The Pickle's journey is commemorated by Royal Navy Warrant Officers on November 5th."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.826PICKLE

Nelson's Star of the Order of the Bath and awards to the family of Admiral Richard Keats / Morton & Eden in association with Sotherby's. Morton & Eden 2010. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 929.71BATH

Turner Society news : 124 ; autumn 2015. 2015. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

Lord Nelson : tracing the hero's features /George Wilkins A book by Nelson aficionado and collector George Wilkins, aiming to determine which of the extant likenesses of Nelson is the most accurate. Wilkins makes a detailed comparative study of a number of different portraits, life masks, busts, medals, and miniatures, ultimately arguing that the truest currently known likeness is an 1801 wax miniature by Catherine Andras. Includes numerous illustrations in colour and black and white. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NELSON:7.041.5

Nelson : love & fame /Edgar Vincent. "The story of Horatio Nelson's life - his naval glory, public fame, charismatic leadership, scandalous romance, and untimely death as he led the British to victory at the Battle of Trafalgar - has ensured his enduring position as England's favourite hero. This engaging, full-length biography of Nelson (1758-1805) presents a gripping account of his climb to fame as well as the fascinating details of his personal and emotional life. A man of contradictions, Nelson emerges in this biography as a ruthless and aggressive leader, the epitome of a fighting commander; an ambitious attention-seeker capable of self-pity, self-delusion, and childish behaviour; yet to be admired for his transcendent courage, kindness and leadership skills, which inspired love and affection in those he led." "The author offers new interpretations of Nelson's victories to illustrate his grasp of today's concept of mission-command two centuries ahead of his time; his disobedience of his Commander-in-Chief's orders; and his part in the bloody and chaotic Neapolitan counter-revolution. Vincent also analyzes the motives and attitudes of key figures who surrounded him, among them Earl Spencer, Earl St. Vincent, Sir William Hamilton, and Thomas Troubridge. Interwoven with the events of Nelson's career is his emotional journey, his early infatuations, his courtship and marriage with Frances Nisbet, and his all-consuming affair with his mistress Lady Hamilton, one of the most celebrated beauties of the eighteenth century and the mother of his child."--BOOK JACKET. c2003. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92NELSON

The National Maritime Museum's paintings and prints of Admiral Lord Nelson and his battles / National Maritime Museum. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 069(26:421.6):92NELSON

A monody on the death of the late universally lamented hero of the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar, the right honourable Horatio Lord Nelson... Abbot, Charles 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-1

Springboard to victory : Great Yarmouth and the Royal Navy's dominance in the North Sea and the Baltic during the French Wars 1793-1815 /David Higgins. "Great Yarmouth is best known for being a seaside resort and for its former status as the country's leading herring fishing port, but what has largely been forgotten is that during the French Revolutionary War (1793-1802) and the two Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) it was the main support base for naval and military operations in the North Sea and the Baltic. It was not until I researched a book called The Beachmen that I became aware of this dramatic period in the history of the town and the nation and I was surprised to find that nothing substantial had been written on the subject. Of course, a great many books had been produced on the navy's involvement in these wars, but most concentrated on the high drama of the six major fleet actions and the exploits of Horatio Nelson rather than the equally important, but more mundane, means by which the navy's warships were kept at sea."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Nelson's refuge : Gibraltar in the age of Napoleon /Jason R. Musteen. Musteen, Jason R. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1793/1815"(468.2)

An ode written upon the victory and death of Lord Viscount Nelson : to which are added lines addressed to him after the celebrated battle of the Nile Tremenheere, William 1805 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1796"(621)

Lord Nelson's Trafalgar dress sword ; Lord Nelson's sword versus Lord Denman's law, or, What is libel? Poster advertising a forthcoming pamphlet by T.A. Evans, discussing a dispute over the authenticity of various Nelson relics, but most particularly a dress sword. The author, T.A. Evans had been accused in the pages of The Times of falsely selling a forged sword as a genuine relic. The pamphlet is promised to discuss "the recent trial at law against The Times, for libel, in which he was defeated" and to set forth further evidence of his probity and the item's authenticity. [1848] • RAREPAM-OS • 1 copy available. 92NELSON

The Nelson monument Portsdown hill : a seamark re-discovered /Jane Smith, MA Smith, Jane. 2007. • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 92NELSON(093.5)

Newsletter : summer 2017 Bruce, Kevin 2017 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.

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