Nelson's Letters to Lady Hamilton and Related Documents

ISBN-13: 9780367683825 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 650 str.

Marianne Czisnik

Opis

This critical edition of Admiral Nelson’s letters to Lady Hamilton is to bring together the important letters of Nelson to Lady Hamilton that have only been published in parts over the last 200 years.

Spis treści

Preface;  General Introduction;  I. The Beginning of an Enduring Relationship;  II: The Baltic Campaign;  III: The Channel Campaign;  IV: A Relationship Settled;  V: The End;  Appendices  1. List of previous publications,  2. Chronology of texts,  3. Items Mentioned in the Letters and Nelson’s Wills and codicils to His Wills,  4. Poetry referred to in Nelson’s letters,  5. Minute of a Conversation with the Prince Royal of Denmark on 3 April 1801; transcript of a manuscript with a correction in Nelson’s handwriting,  6. The taking of the Swift cutter: An attempt to trace the documents captured by l’Espérance in 1804,  7. Documentation of flow of letters in chapter 4 (1803-5); Sources and Documents; Index

O autorze

Marianne Czisnik is a leading scholar and has published on a wide range of topics related to Horatio Nelson. She has a law degree and practiced in Germany before becoming a researcher of Nelson at the University of Edinburgh.