The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson [Audiobook] download free by Roger Knight
- Listen audiobook: The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson
- Author: Roger Knight
- Release date: 2006/10/7
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Biography
- ISBN: 9780141007618
- Rating: 7.94 of 10
- Votes: 615
- Review by: Amy Hartwell
- Review rating: 8.82 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/10
- Duration: 9H41M10S in 256 kbps (156.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-14
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: AIFF, WAV, MPEG4, AU, AC3, FLAC, WMA, MP3 (compression RAR, RPM, TAR.7Z, LZ, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 784
- Includes a PDF summary of 65 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 46M30S (13 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: The starting point of Roger Knight's magnificent new biography is to explain how Nelson achieved such extraordinary success. Knight places him firmly in the context of the Royal Navy at the time. He analyses Nelson's more obvious qualities, his leadership strengths and his coolness and certainty in battle, and also explores his strategic grasp, the condition of his ships, the skill of his seamen and his relationships with the officers around him - including those who could hardly be called friendly. This biography takes a cool look at Nelson's status as a hero and demolishes many of the myths that were so carefully established by the early authors, and repeated by their modern successors. Nelson was a shrewd political operator who charmed and impressed political leaders and whose advancement was helped by the relatively weak generation of admirals above him. He was a difficult subordinate, only happy when completely in command, and capable of great ruthlessness. He was flawed, but brilliant - and not to be crossed.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Biography: General
- Download servers: Robust Files, Dropbox, FreakShare, 4Shared, Torrent. Compressed in RAR, RPM, TAR.7Z, LZ, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 26.49 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x34mm
- Weight: 568g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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