The Nelson Dispatch, vol. 7, part 6, April 2001

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Articles 'Preparing for 2005, Part 1, Finding Nelson', by Peter Warwick, pp. 367-369 'Admiral Sir Hyde Parker (1739-1807)', by Clive Wilkinson, pp. 378-382 'Nelson at Copenhagen – In his own words', compiled by Colin White, pp. 383-394 Reviews Review by 'Theo.' of Nathan Miller's Broadsides – the age of fighting sail, 1775-1815, John Wiley and Sons Inc., USA, 2000, pp. 410-411 Review by 'Shelley' of John Twells's Nelson – the golden orb – a sonnet history, Ownart Ltd., UK, 1995, pp. 411-412 Review by 'Safanov' of Steven E. Maffeo's Most secret and confidential – intelligence in the age of Nelson, Chatham Publishing, UK, 2000, pp. 412-413 Review by 'Victorious' of Anne Petrides's and Jonathan Downs's (eds) Sea soldier – an Officer of Marines with Duncan, Nelson, Collingwood and Cockburn' (The letters and journals of Major T. M. Wybourn RM 1797-1813), Parapress Ltd, UK, 2000, p. 413 Review by 'Escureul' of Tom Pocock's Captain Marryat, Chatham Publishing, UK, 2000, pp. 413-414 Review by 'Stephen J. Harrison' of Peter Le Fevre's and Richard Harding's (eds) Precursors to Nelson, Chatham Publishing, UK, 2000, p. 414 Review by 'David Shannon' of Laura Foreman's and Ellen Blue Philips's Napoleon's lost fleet, Discovery Books, 2000, p. 415 Questions and Answers Discussion of the discrepancies in the time at which L'Orient exploded. Discussion of a song called 'The Death of Nelson', the smash hit of the 19th century, composed by the tenor John Braham, a friend of Nelson's. The song comes from Braham's opera The Americans, first performed at the London Lyceum in 1811. Ironically enough, the opening strain was borrowed from Méhul's 'Chant du départ'! For subscription details to The Nelson Dispatch, visit the page http://www.nelson-society.org.uk/html/the_society.htm

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