Nelson The Immortal Memory. \'All agree that that there is but one Nelson\'. He was the most brilliant and most honoured naval leader Britain has ever known, a great seaman and a great tactician; but more even than this, he possessed such an extraordinary ability to inspire respect and devotion that, when he died at Trafalgar, his fleet forgot its triumph in an outstanding outburst of personal grief. There have been many attempts to explain the unique response that Nelson could win from almost anyone. This penetrating but sympathetic new biography brings us closer than ever before to an understanding of one of our most revered heroes, who even during his lifetime secured an enduring place in the hearts of an entire nation.