Originally published in 1899, this work contains a wealth of information on the life of one of Britain's most famous military leaders, Admiral Horatio Nelson. The following passage is taken from its foreword: 'THE words De mortuis nil nisi verum-""Of the dead nothing but truth""-were written by the late Mrs. Gamlin in my copy of her Life of Emma Lady Hamilton. This motto has been chosen to face this purely personal history of Lord Nelson and his friends,...