Nelson

by Carola Oman

The Reprint Society, 1950
Black and white illustrated frontispiece
Red colour tipped top edge
Hardcover, dustjacket

Condition: Very Good
A little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, minor discolouration to top corner of last ¼ of text block.  Dustjacket a little discoloured with some chipping and small tears. (see photographs)

“I wrote most of my book between 9 p.m. and midnight when off duty and as I read and wrote, I discovered some odd things.
It is the curious truth that many of the facts most widely known in connection with Nelson are partly, or wholly, mistaken.  Nelson lost the sight of his right eye amongst the mountains of Corsica, not at sea, and he never lost the eye and never wore a patch over it; though he sometimes wore a green shade to protect his ‘good’ eye.  He next lost his right arm, but not in one of his spectacular victories, and again not at sea, but before he had fought the Nile, Copenhagen or Trafalgar.  He was unemployed from the age of twenty-seven until he was thirty-two.  He first met Lady Hamilton for a few hours when he was thirty-five, and not again until he was forty.  Even his last signal has been persistently mis-reported: Hs original idea was ‘England confides’: he substituted ‘expects’ at the suggestion of his Signal Lieutenant.”