Nelson: A Dream of Glory

A magnificently-researched and thoughtful work which locates Nelson in a global context

Linda Colley

This work is massively authoritative

Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph

One can say with confidence that this momumental tome is the finest yet written on England's great naval hero. Sugden's brilliant book is chock-full of fascinating details. And if the second volume turns out as well as this, his life of Nelson will be one of the historical masterpieces of our time

Frank McLynn, Daily Express

A massive, first-rate battleship of a book

Colin White, Observer

Nelson's early life has been neglected by biographers, but Sugden has patiently reconstructed the early years. Sugden's account of Nelson's battles is richly absorbing, and his fluent, buoyant prose scuds along, carrying the reader with it. This must surely become a standard life

Jane Ridley, Spectator

This is an enthralling book. Sugden's research took in no fewer than thirty-two archives in four countries. Yet he never lets his mastery of the sources slow down the narrative. So good is Sugden's writing, so fascinating his material, so judicious his comments, that you long for the concluding volume

Daily Telegraph

Sugden's passion for his subject and astonishing research reveal the blossoming hero in a new light

Lucy Moore, Daily Mail

The most detailed study of Nelson ever published

F. J. M. Scott, History Today

Detailed naval history, a wealth of previously ignored primary sources and an intriguing new take on a complex hero come together in John Sugden's must-read

Rachel Holmes, BBC History Magazine