About the Author:
John Sugden, historian and lecturer, has pursued his research for this work in archives in Europe, Britain, and North America over the past decade. His earlier books include biographies of Francis Drake and Tecumseh, the native American chief. He lives in England.
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From Nelson:
The flagship was the farthest out, and it was probably a little after three in the morning when her watch heard a voice hailing them out of the night. Josiah's boat came alongside with the wounded admiral, and the men began to lower a chair. Nelson would not hear of it. "No," he said, "I have yet my legs and one arm," and in saying so he used a rope to struggle up the side unaided. William Hoste was aghast when he saw "the man whom I may say has been a second father to me," climbing onto the deck, "his right arm dangling by his side." Yet he showed "a spirit that astonished everyone" and "told the surgeon to get his instruments ready, for he knew he most certainly would lose his arm, and that the sooner it was off the better."
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