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Nelson
This classic study emphasizes the admiral's personality and character and draws on a wealth of primary sources, including Nelson's letters.
596 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1946
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Carola Oman
41 books11 followersDaughter of Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman.
As a child Oman wrote several plays that were performed by friends. Another early interest was photography. She was sent in 1906 to Miss Batty's, later Wychwood School in Oxford.She would have liked to have gone to boarding school, but her parents would not agree, and she continued at Miss Batty's until the spring of 1914.
The family moved in 1908 into Frewin Hall, now part of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Carola Oman worked as a VAD in England and then in France in 1918-19: soon after her 1919 discharge she met Gerald Foy Ray Lenanton (1896–1952) a soldier returning from France who would join his family business as a timber broker: married to Lenanton 26 April 1922, Oman became Lady Lenanton when her husband was knighted in 1946 for his World War II service as director of home timber production. The couple - who would remain childless - would from 1928 reside at Bride Hall, a Jacobean mansion in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire. In 1965, Oman produced Ayot Rectory – A Family Memoir, about the Sneade family, who had lived in the village from 1780 to 1858.
The novelist Georgette Heyer was a lifelong friend, who even took the time to compile a 16-page index for Oman's Britain against Napoleon, published in 1942 by Faber and Faber. Another writer friend in Oxford was Joanna Cannan, who dedicated her 1931 novel High Table to Oman.
She died at Ayot St Lawrence on 11 June 1978.There is a memorial to her and her husband in the village church.
From Wikipedia.
As a child Oman wrote several plays that were performed by friends. Another early interest was photography. She was sent in 1906 to Miss Batty's, later Wychwood School in Oxford.She would have liked to have gone to boarding school, but her parents would not agree, and she continued at Miss Batty's until the spring of 1914.
The family moved in 1908 into Frewin Hall, now part of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Carola Oman worked as a VAD in England and then in France in 1918-19: soon after her 1919 discharge she met Gerald Foy Ray Lenanton (1896–1952) a soldier returning from France who would join his family business as a timber broker: married to Lenanton 26 April 1922, Oman became Lady Lenanton when her husband was knighted in 1946 for his World War II service as director of home timber production. The couple - who would remain childless - would from 1928 reside at Bride Hall, a Jacobean mansion in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire. In 1965, Oman produced Ayot Rectory – A Family Memoir, about the Sneade family, who had lived in the village from 1780 to 1858.
The novelist Georgette Heyer was a lifelong friend, who even took the time to compile a 16-page index for Oman's Britain against Napoleon, published in 1942 by Faber and Faber. Another writer friend in Oxford was Joanna Cannan, who dedicated her 1931 novel High Table to Oman.
She died at Ayot St Lawrence on 11 June 1978.There is a memorial to her and her husband in the village church.
From Wikipedia.
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June 28, 2014
Excellent historic accounting of Nelson's career and impact on England and her foes. No flashy story telling here, just the facts. If you're looking for a romanticized novel of Nelson, this is not it. However, you will come to appreciate exactly what Nelson meant to the Brits and how his thought process revolutionized Naval warfare. A must read for all history buffs.
January 7, 2017
Very formal prose; reads as an "official" biography. Well printed plates and full spreads of pertinent paintings interspersed throughout the text make this a good one to keep around.
September 8, 2020
A rip-roaring and at times jingoistic account of Nelson's travails. Genuinely entertaining in a way I did not expect.
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