Southey on Nelson: The Life of Nelson by Robert SoutheyLIVES THAT NEVER GROW OLD A radical new series edited by Richard Holmes that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive. This short, brilliant, action packed biography appeared only eight years after Nelsons death at the Battle of Trafalgar (a scene unforgettably described). It helped transform Nelson into the most popular wartime hero that Britain