GREAT BRITONS: NELSON

Historian and writer Lucy Moore makes the case for choosing Horatio Nelson as the greatest Briton of all time. The country’s most successful naval leader, Nelson died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 saving Britain from French invasion. His bold style of attack revolutionised warfare, but what truly made him great, argues Moore, was his humanity, genius and passion.

 

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