Nelson: A Dream of Glory
- Published: 1 June 2011
- ISBN: 9781446444580
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 976
A masterpiece... The flagship of the fleet, it leaves all others trailing in its wake
Neil Hanson, Sunday Times
A magnificently-researched and thoughtful work which locates Nelson in a global context
Linda Colley
This work is massively authoritative
Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph
One can say with confidence that this momumental tome is the finest yet written on England's great naval hero. Sugden's brilliant book is chock-full of fascinating details. And if the second volume turns out as well as this, his life of Nelson will be one of the historical masterpieces of our time
Frank McLynn, Daily Express
A massive, first-rate battleship of a book
Colin White, Observer
Nelson's early life has been neglected by biographers, but Sugden has patiently reconstructed the early years. Sugden's account of Nelson's battles is richly absorbing, and his fluent, buoyant prose scuds along, carrying the reader with it. This must surely become a standard life
Jane Ridley, Spectator
This is an enthralling book. Sugden's research took in no fewer than thirty-two archives in four countries. Yet he never lets his mastery of the sources slow down the narrative. So good is Sugden's writing, so fascinating his material, so judicious his comments, that you long for the concluding volume
Daily Telegraph
Sugden's passion for his subject and astonishing research reveal the blossoming hero in a new light
Lucy Moore, Daily Mail
The most detailed study of Nelson ever published
F. J. M. Scott, History Today
Detailed naval history, a wealth of previously ignored primary sources and an intriguing new take on a complex hero come together in John Sugden's must-read
Rachel Holmes, BBC History Magazine
The definitive life of the complex man who became Britain’s greatest hero.
Sunday Times
This work is massively authoritative.
Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph
One can say with confidence that this momumental tome is the finest yet written on England's great naval hero. Sugden's brilliant book is chock-full of fascinating details. And if the second volume turns out as well as this, his life of Nelson will be one of the historical masterpieces of our time.
Frank McLynn, Daily Express
Nelson's early life has been neglected by biographers, but Sugden has patiently reconstructed the early years. Sugden's account of Nelson's battles is richly absorbing, and his fluent, buoyant prose scuds along, carrying the reader with it. This must surely become a standard life.
Jane Ridley, Spectator
Sugden's epic work is a masterpiece of the biographer's art. Sugden has written a book that will be the yardstick by which all other Nelson biographies will be judged for decades to come. The flagship of the fleet, it leaves all others trailing in its wake.
Neil Hanson, Sunday Times
A massive, first-rate battleship of a book
Colin White, Observer