The Letters & Journals of Lord Nelson
Performed by CHARLES DANCE OBE in a dramatised setting

“Letters and journals always make lively intimate listening.  It is Nelson who opens up with almost shocking frankness in courteous, suddenly passionate love letters to Emma Hamilton” The IndependentViscount Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), known as ‘The Hero’ during his own lifetime was both an inspiring commander and an innovative tactician, becoming a rear admiral after defeating the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Cape St Vincent.  He was also responsible for the great victories of the Nile (1798) and Copenhagen (1801). Revered by his officers and men, he was renowned for both his arrogance and his scandalous love affair with the beautiful Emma Hamilton.   Nelson was tragically killed by a musket shot from the mizen-top of a French ship during the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805 after effecting the greatest naval victory in the history of the Royal Navy.Also available as part of the CLASSIC LETTERS & JOURNALS BOX SET, a seven-volume edition.The Letters & Journals of Lord Nelson with Charles DanceThe Letters of Charlotte Bronte with Imogen StubbsScott of the Antarctic with Edward FoxThe Highland Journals of Queen Victoria with Virginia McKennaThe Letters of Lord Byron with Robert Powell The Letters of Jane Austen with Fiona ShawThe Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth with Jenny AgutterAbridged:       Sue RodwellMusic:            Nina HumphreysDirector:         Alan DruryProducer:       Stewart Richards© & ? 2022 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd