The Story of Nelson

by William Henry Giles Kingston

Book Overview

My great ambition as a boy was to be a sailor; the idea of becoming one occupied my thoughts by day and influenced my dreams by night. I delighted in reading naval histories and exploits and tales of the sea, and I looked upon Rodney, Howe, Nelson, and Saint Vincent, as well as Duncan, Collingwood, Exmouth, and Sir Sidney Smith, as far greater men, and more worthy of admiration, than all the heroes of antiquity put together-an opinion which I hold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514761904
• ISBN13: 9781514761908
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"