Naval History

An Iconography of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B., Vice-Admiral of the White, colour frontispiece and 28 colour plates with very numerous b&w illustrations, chronology of Nelson’s life, appendices, index of illustrations and general index, xx & 316 pp, navy blue cloth in d/w, would pass as ‘new’ in most bookshops, Royal Naval Museum Publications (Portsmouth, Hampshire) 1998

27.4 x 20 cm, 1650g, ISBN 0 95263 775 8

See below the description from the dustwrapper flap.

‘Vice-Admiral of the White’ (that is, Navy shorthand for White Squadron) was in fact only the fifth highest rank in the Royal Navy – Nelson’s very efficient public relations machine and his column in Trafalgar Square means we tend to think of him at this distance as having been in charge of the entire Navy . . .

The book is now out of print.

The book is a production of high quality, printed on heavyweight glazed paper to better reproduce the illustrations, and bound in cloth.  This means the book weighs over 1.6 kg, and would cost a great deal to send abroad.  If you are outside the U.K. and are thinking about buying it, please email us first on enquiries@monkshillbooks.co.uk and we will quote a price for postage.