Losing Nelson

Autori

• Barry Unsworth

Parametri

• 320 pagine
• 12 ore di lettura

• Letteratura britannica
• Narrativa
• Narrativa contemporanea
• Prosa storica

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<p>Barry Unsworth’s <i>Losing Nelson</i> is a novel of obsession, the story of a man unable to see himself separately from the hero he mistakenly idolizes Admiral Lord Nelson. Charles Cleasby is, in fact, a Nelson biographer run amok. He is convinced that Nelson—Britain's greatest admiral, who finally defeated Napoleon, and lost his own life, in the Battle of Trafalgar—is the perfect hero, but in his research he has come upon an incident of horrifying brutality in Nelson's military career that simply stumps all attempts at glorification.</p>

• Deformazione della forma del libro

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2000

(In brossura)

Condizioni del libro: Danneggiato

Prezzo: 3,18 €