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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...

A.E. Housman (1859-1936) was both a celebrated poet and the foremost classicist of his day. His poetry was set to music by numerous composers including Arthur Somervell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, Ivor Gurney, John Ireland and Samuel Barber. Housman's painstaking vocation, to restore classical manuscripts by correcting textual errors, took up virtually the whole of his working life. A seemingly inaccessible, aloof man, he never set out to be a professional poet, yet poetry poured out of him and became his monument. His renowned A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems were born of an...

To słynna książka, w której lord dAbernon rozszerza listę piętnastu przełomowych bitew w historii świata stworzoną przez E.S.Creasy;ego o kolejne trzy. Ostatnią z nich – Bitwę Warszawską – autor miał okazję obserwować z bliska. Jej właśnie poświęcony jest osobisty dziennik, zamieszczony w niniejszej książce, oraz wnioski i spostrzeżenia, uzupełnione wypowiedziami wielkich dowódców: Piłsudskiego i Tuchaczewskiego.

Suitable for budding artists, this book helps them learn the art of drawing and painting people and the world around them. It begins with advice about materials and equipment, and then is divided into chapters on nudes, portraits, town and country, and water and sky.