Nelson and the Age Of Fighting Sail by Oliver Warner Hardcover Book

Title: Nelson and the Age Of Fighting Sail by Oliver Warner Hardcover Book.
Author: Oliver Warner.
By The Editors of Horizon Magazine in Consultation with Fleet admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S.N.
Type: Non-Fiction.
Edition: Cassell Caravel, 1963.
Publisher: Cassell Caravel.
Year First Published: 1963.
Format: Hardcover Book.
Printed By: Printed in the USA.
Page Count: 153 pages.
Width: 18cm
Height: 26cm
Thickness: 2.0cm
Info: A well bound and preserved book that is well illustrated throughout.
A wonderfully researched account of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, by Oliver Warner.
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 21 October 1805), also known simply as Admiral Nelson, was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was wounded in combat, losing sight in one eye in Corsica at the age of 35, and most of one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife when he was 40. He was fatally shot during his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Oliver Martin Wilson Warner was a well-known British naval historian and writer.
Warner was educated at Denstone College and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1926 he succeeded Frank Swinnerton as staff reader at the publishing house of Chatto and Windus. In addition to his work as staff reader he also worked on the company's advertising material. As a young man he made contributions to magazines such as The Spectator and Time and Tide, some of which were later reproduced in his 1947 book Captains and Kings.  During the Second World War he joined the Admiralty secretariat, initially serving in the Commission and Warrant (C.W.) branch before serving on the war artists advisory committee. He later served as secretary to the naval honours and awards committee.
After the war he became deputy director of publications of the British Council, where he remained until his retirement in 1963. he worked thereafter at Chatto and Windus for another year before concentrating on writing. By the time of his death he had more than twenty books in print. 
Condition: Very Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages, some foxing on front papers.
Price: R 155.00 Inc Vat.