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Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell. The Bourbons of Naples, 1734-1825. London: Methuen; New York: St. Martin; London: Prion, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1974, 1998, xviii, 731 pp. Acton, 1904-1994; included section on Nelson at Naples in 1790s.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Hamilton, Emma; Naples; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Naples, Revolution of 1799, Nelson, naval base , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adair, John Eric. Great Leaders. Talbot Adair, 1989, 304 pp. Included Nelson.
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Nelson, Horatio, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Adam, Frank. Henscherin der Meere: Die Britische Flotte zur Zeit Nelson. Hamburg: Koehlers, 1998, 345 pp. Early version of next entry.
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age of sail; historian; nautical fiction; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
age of sail, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Nelson, Horatio, historian, history, historical, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adam, Frank. Hornblower, Bolitho and Company: Krieg unter Segeln in Roman und Geschichte. Frankfort: Ullstein, 1987, 1992, 204 pp. Survey of nautical fiction concentrating on Royal Navy, 1775-1815; Forester, Hardy, Kent, Parkinson, Pope, Woodman, Maynard, O'Brian, Styles, Forrest, Meacham & Meredith; tables of time periods when fictional seamen operated.
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age of sail; historian; nautical fiction; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
age of sail, nautical fiction, sea fiction , historian, history, historical, Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adams, Max. Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005, 333 pp. Cuthbert Collingwood, 1748-1810; succeeded Nelson as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet; brilliant career.
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Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Collingwood, Cuthbert, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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Adams, Max. "After Nelson. . . . Viva Collingwood." Traf Chron, 17 (2007): 62-70. Lamented serious neglect of Collingwood & achievements.
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Collingwood, Cuthbert; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Collingwood, Cuthbert, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Trafalgar, battle, campaign
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[Addis, Charles P], comp. The Men Who Fought with Nelson in HMS Victory at Trafalgar. London: Nelson Society, 1988, 144 pp. By former commanding officer, HMS Victory.
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HMS Victory; leadership; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; seaman; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Nelson, Horatio, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , HMS Victory, ship of the line, flagship of Nelson, current floating museum, Save The Victory Fund , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief
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Adkin, Mark. The Trafalgar Companion: The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson. London: Aurum; Ithaca: McBooks, 2005, 560 pp. Folio, 200 illustrations; for Nelson, coverage of Calvi, the Nile, Copenhagen, Trafalgar, the funeral & memorials; descriptive, not analytical; not scholarly; earlier, The Waterloo Companion, 2001.
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age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; memorial; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Adkins, Roy & Adkins, Lesley. Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navy. London: Little Brown, 2008, xxiv, 429 pp. Excellent maps & illustrations, though little link to commentary; covered 1770-1815; introductory level, emphasis on geneology; exaggerated "bad" conduct & "miserable" life, as, earlier, had John Masefield.
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age of sail; condition; literature; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , age of sail, Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, literature, culture
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Adkins, Roy & Adkins, Lesley. The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo. London: Little Brown; New York: Viking; London: Abacus, 2006, 2007, xxvi, 534 pp. Social history approach, incorporating songs, poems, pamphlets; conclusion: "ultimately the war against Napoleon was won by the officers and men of the British Navy."
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; battles; Napoleon; Nelson, Horatio; officer; Royal Navy; sea power; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Anglo-French, France , battles, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, officer, quarterdeck, leader , sea power
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Adkins, Roy. Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle. London: Little Brown; New York: Viking; New York: Penguin; London: Abacus, 2004, 2005, xxiv, 392 pp. Extensive coverage of preliminaries & battle; alternate title: Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle that Changed the World; eyewitness history at its best; invasion threat, e.g., 1st Ordnance Survey, Admiralty telegraph system, Martello Towers.
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age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , battles, age of sail, Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. Report of a Committee Appointed by the Admiralty to Examine and Consider the Evidence Relating to the Tactics Employed by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. London: HMSO, 1913, xvi, 107 pp. Report of formal study committee set up in 1912; use of the literature, e.g., Desbriere, Corbett, Mahan, Laughton, Newbolt & James.
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy; tactics; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , battles, Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, tactics, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia
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Albert, Marvin H. Broadsides and Boarders: An Account of the Great Captains Who Fought with Cannon under Sail, and of Their Battles. London: Harrap; New York: Appleton-Century, 1957, 1958, x, 360 pp. 300 years of sailing ship warfare; Nelson as greatest commander; others Sea Beggars, Sea Dogs, Generals-at-Sea, Hawke, Suffren & Decatur.
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Admiralty; age of sail; battles; gunnery; Nelson, Horatio; officer; personality;
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age of sail, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battles, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , Nelson, Horatio, personality, prominent leader, noted person , gunnery, gun, weapon , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Alexander, Boyd, ed. William Beckford of Fonthill, Writer, Traveller, Collector, Caliph, 1760-1844: A Brief Narrative and Catalogue of an Exhibition to Mark the Two Hundredth Anniversary of Beckford's Birth by Howard B. Gottlieb. New Haven: Yale UP, 1960, 100 pp. Yale University Library.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); memorial; Nelson, Horatio;
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Allen, Joseph A. Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B., Duke of Bronte. London: Routledge; Boston: Elibron, 1852, 1853, 1871, 1886, 2001, xvi, 319 pp. Last biographer of Nelson who claimed to have known Nelson; denounced Pettigrew for expose about Horatia, daughter of Lady Hamilton; "to stamp his memory with infamy."
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Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; Hamilton, Emma; historian; leadership; Nelson, Horatio; personality; Royal Navy; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Nelson, Horatio, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , historian, history, historical
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Allen, W. Gore. King William IV. London: Gresset, 1960, 229 pp. "Sailor King."
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19th C. (1800-1899); Nelson, Horatio; prisoner of war; Royal Navy;
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19th century, nineteenth, Nelson, Horatio, prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Amabile, Arsenio. M. Carolina, Lady Hamilton e O. Nelson nei moti del 1799 a Napoli Cenni critici. Caserta, 1902, 46 pp. Royals, Nelson & Emma; Naples.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Hamilton, Emma; Naples; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Nelson , Naples, Revolution of 1799, Nelson, naval base , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Andidora, Ronald. Iron Admirals: Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century. Contributions in Military Studies Series, # 194. Westport: Greenwood, 2000, 208 pp. Included legacy of Nelson, Jellicoe & foreign ones.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Jellicoe, John; leadership; Nelson, Horatio; officer;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jellicoe, John, First Sea Lord, Commander of Grand Fleet, Jutland , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Nelson, Horatio
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Andrew, C. Reid. A Rapid Review of the Life of Nelson. A Rapid Review Library Series, # 1. London: Pearson, 1905, 206 pp.
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age of sail; Nelson, Horatio; Trafalgar; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
Keywords:
age of sail, Nelson, Horatio, Trafalgar, battle, campaign , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France
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Arencibia de Torres, Juan. La Victoria del General Gutierrez sobre el admirante Nelson. Santa Cruz: Arencibia de Torres, 1995, 134 pp. Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1797.
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18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; battles; invasion; Mediterranean Sea; Nelson, Horatio; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , battles, Nelson, Horatio, invasion, armada, landing , Royal Navy, Britain, England
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |