Nelson Author:Carola Oman Biography of Admiral Horatio Nelson [1758-1805], first published in 1947 and republished by The Reprint Society, London, in 1950. — "The proportions of her book are so excellent, her persuasiveness so compelling, that the final portrait emerges, cleaned of the gilt and varnish of legend, but undoubtedly superb. It is a fine book to have written a... more »nd a fine book to read." - Harold Nicolson, The Daily Telegraph
"I can do nothing but admire this colossal work. Miss Oman can write, and she has new material. Hers must be the standard biography to date." - Sir John Squire, Illustrated London News« less