{"product_id":"the-nelson-touch-terry-coleman-9780195173222","title":"The Nelson Touch: The Life and Legend of Horatio Nelson","description":"Admiral Horatio Nelson captures our imaginations like few other military figures. A mixture of tactical originality, raw courage, cruelty, and romantic passion, Nelson in action was daring and direct, a paramount naval genius and a natural born predator. Now, in \u003cem\u003eThe Nelson Touch\u003c\/em\u003e, novelist Terry Coleman provides a superb portrait of Britain's most revered naval figure.\u003cbr\u003e Here is a vivid account of Nelson's life, from his childhood and early career at sea--where a high-placed uncle helped speed his advancement to post captain--to gripping accounts of his greatest sea battles. Readers will witness the Battle of the Nile, where Nelson crushed a French squadron of thirteen ships of the line, and the Battle of Trafalgar, where he died at the moment of his greatest triumph. What emerges is a man of strength of mind amounting to genius, frequently generous, always fascinated with women, often uneasy with his superior officers, and absolutely fearless. Nelson was a ruthless commander, whose instinct was not just to defeat the enemy but to annihilate him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSure to appeal to readers of Patrick O'Brian and other seafaring fiction, as well as all military history and naval history buffs, this is a superbly written biography that gives readers the texture and feel of this magnificent life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry Coleman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195173228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195173222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.00w x 1.13d","brand":"Terry Coleman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990102147327,"sku":"9780195173222","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f269e3a4-d457-4cc8-83ef-985c055afbc2.jpg?v=1683303003","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nelson-touch-terry-coleman-9780195173222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}