Nelson: Britannia's God of War (70 page)

1
Williams, H. M.
Sketches
of
the
State
of
Manners
and
Opinions
in
the
French
Republic
,
2 vols. London 1801. I p. 206 and 222–3. Nelson’s own copy, suitably annotated, is Add. 34,391

2
Nelson to Alexander Stephens 10.2.1802; Nicolas V p. 43

3
Charnock,
Life
of
Nelson
,
p. vii.

4
Ibid. pp. 184–6

5
Joshua White’s
Professional
Life
of
Lord
Nelson
,
2nd revised edn. pp. 144–5, calls Ruffo’s armistice ‘infamous’ but misunderstands Nelson’s actions. A second book by the same publisher appeared in 1813, to profit from the sales of Southey. The author was named as ‘Richard Clarke’.

6
Harrison,
The
Life
of
Horatio
,
Lord
Viscount
Nelson
of
the
Nile

7
Harrison, II pp. 104–5. Harrison invented the nonsense that ‘Tyrolese riflemen’ were in the French fighting-tops; II p. 499

8
Harrison II p. 99

9
Foote, E.
Vindication
2nd edn, London 1810. This edition is the most useful, as it reproduces his correspondence with Clarke.

10
Clarke to Foote 20.4.1807; Foote pp. 40–1

11
Clarke to Foote 31.1.1809; Foote p. 43

12
Clarke and McArthur I have used the late 1830 three-volume edition, which is at least portable. II pp. 162 and 187

13
Both Gutteridge and Russell make this point.

14
Southey, R.
Life
of
Nelson
,
1922 edition ed. G. Callendar, p. xxviii

15
Ibid, p. 183

16
Quarterly
Review
1814, p. 73. The entry was unsigned, but Shine uncovers the authors, p. 41.

17
Ibid. p. 77.

18
James, W.
The
Naval
History
of
Great
Britain.
4, later 6 vols. London 1822–4, 2nd edn 1826. See the introduction to the 2002 edn. for a discussion of James, his methods and motives.

19
James II pp. 274–80

20
Brenton, E. P.
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2 vols. London 1837 vol. I P. 484.

21
Collier to Nicolas 16.5.1845; Nicolas III p. 522

22
Harcourt, Rev. L V.
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and
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the
Rt.
Hon.
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,
London, 1860, Vol. I, pp. 215–39

23
Alison, A.,
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of
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in 19 volumes, London 1833–42 and 1852–59

24
Gooch, G. P.,
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and
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in
the
Nineteenth
Century
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of
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25
Dumas, A.
Le
Corricolo
,
Paris, 1983 edn., Chapter X pp. 110–25 comprises a detailed discussion of the capitulation of the forts and the trial and execution of Caracciolo, which is entirely hostile to Nelson and Ferdinand.

26
Hemmings,
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,
pp. 189, 197–8

27
White, A. J.,
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Political
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of
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1848–1861,
Oxford, 1930, p. 442

28
Mahan
Life
,
2nd edn. 1899, p. v and Chapters XI and XII. Comparing those chapters to the 1st edn. reveals just how much extra work had been required.

29
Published by the Navy Records Society.

30
Vincent is a distinguished exception here, pp. 325–33. His defence is realistic, well founded and robust.

31
Southey is the chief culprit, although more because of the literary success of his text that the sophistication of his argument. For his treatment of these events, and an effective demonstration of his many errors of fact and interpretation, see Callender’s 1922 edition, at p. 166. The entire chapter on Naples repays close reading.

32
Herbert Butterfield’s short book of this title, published in 1931, examines the mindset of this school with elegance and insight.

33
Southey, Callender edn., pp. 165–6

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