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Admiral Lord St. Vincent - Saint or Tyrant? - The Life of Sir John Jervis, Nelson's Patron (Paperback)
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Admiral Lord St. Vincent - Saint or Tyrant? - The Life of Sir John Jervis, Nelson's Patron (Paperback)
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List price R465
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Discovery Miles 3 810
You Save R84 (18%)
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This biography of John Jervis, who became Admiral Lord Vincent,
makes compelling reading. It throws an oblique light on Nelsons
personality. St Vincent, who was born twenty-three years before
Nelson, and survived for eighteen years after Trafalgar,
fundamentally influenced the younger mans career despite the two
men being diametrically different characters. Yet without him,
Nelsons genius might have been submerged by professional jealousy
or emotional fragility. It was St Vincents strategy and preparation
which positioned Nelson to win his three famous victories, but St
Vincent himself made vital contributions not only to the defeat of
Napoleon but to the well-being of the Royal Navy. Before he became
First Lord of the Admiralty, the Navy had been severely weakened by
corruption in the dockyards, nepotism in appointments and the
appalling conditions under which the seamen lived and worked. St
Vincent deserves the profound gratitude of the Nation; not only for
enabling Nelson to exercise his tactical brilliance, but also for
the role he played in preventing Napoleon from invading the British
Isles.
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