This book is a considerable work of scholarship with 19 pages of detailed notes and a 13-page bibliography. Thus it is not only a good read but a significant reference book. I recommend it to you.

The Nelson Dispatch Spring 2016

As featured in.

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine - April 2016

Horatio Nelson did not possess particularly good health. During the entire time he was growing up he suffered from many of the ailments common in the eighteenth century. After he joined the Navy he went down with fevers that further undermined his strength: he was always seasick outward bound when the ship first put to sea. The Fighting Admiral saw more action than most officers, and often took injuries – the loss of the sight in one eye and an amputated arm were the most public, but by no means his only wounds.

This personal experience of illness made him uniquely aware of the importance of health and fitness to the efficient running of a fleet, and this new book investigates Nelson’s personal contribution to improving the welfare of the men he commanded, the deeply humanitarian side of a great warrior.

There is all of 16 pages of photographs and illustrations to complement the text.

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