Episodes Referencing This Book
October 30, 2025
Context:
Southey is mentioned as the poet laureate who 'wrote the first great biography of Nelson,' and is quoted saying the news of Nelson's death 'was felt in England as something more than a public calamity.'
October 12, 2025
Context:
Referenced as the first celebrated biography of Nelson, written by the poet laureate, which despite being very laudatory says the Naples episode is 'a stain on the memory of Nelson and upon the honour of England.'