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The Boys' Nelson

Chapter 2: THE BOYS’ NELSON
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Aimed at younger readers, the work compiles the admiral's life and career through his letters and contemporary accounts, tracing his rise from early service to command, describing major sea engagements, leadership style, concern for sailors' welfare, and the influence of a close personal relationship on his career. It balances action and personal correspondence to present character, tactical judgment, health and morale practices aboard ship, and the circumstances of his final battle and death, offering accessible anecdotes and assessments of his public and private life.

THE BOYS’
NELSON

BY
Harold F. B. Wheeler F.R.Hist.S.

MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
JOINT-AUTHOR OF
‘NAPOLEON AND THE INVASION OF ENGLAND’ AND
‘THE WAR IN WEXFORD 1798’
AUTHOR OF
‘THE MIND OF NAPOLEON’ ‘THE BOYS’ NAPOLEON’ AND
‘THE MAXIMS OF NAPOLEON’

He is the only man who has ever lived
who, by universal consent, is without a peer

ADMIRAL SIR CYPRIAN BRIDGE G.C.B.

NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Printed by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh


DEDICATED TO
MY FATHER AND MOTHER