Southey's biography of Britain's most famous naval hero has gained historical and literary importance since its publication in 1830. A peer of Coleridge, Byron and Wordsworth, his biography of Nelson influenced such writers as Herman Melville, Alfred Thayer Mahan and James Fenimore Cooper.
- ISBN10 1408631458
- ISBN13 9781408631454
- Publish Date 26 October 2007 (first published 22 January 1970)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Read Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 348
- Language English