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Tom Pocock

    Tom Pocock fue un autor prolífico cuya extensa obra se centra principalmente en biografías detalladas y cautivadoras, a menudo ambientadas en dramáticos telones de fondo históricos. Aportando una perspectiva única informada por sus experiencias personales como corresponsal de guerra, dio vida a eventos y figuras del pasado. Su profundo interés en la historia naval, particularmente en el Almirante Nelson, es evidente en muchos de sus libros, donde teje magistralmente hechos biográficos con una narrativa vívida. El estilo de Pocock se caracteriza por una investigación meticulosa y la capacidad de crear retratos complejos que sumergen al lector en su contexto histórico.

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    Horatio Nelson
    Trafalgar : an eyewitness history
    Essential Venice
    • Collects firsthand accounts of the battle of Trafalgar, telling the story of the events before, during, and after the battle through letters, diaries, and other unpublished documents.

      Trafalgar : an eyewitness history2005
    • Essential Venice

      • 128 páginas
      • 5 horas de lectura

      An addition to the pocket-sized "Essential Travel Guides" series. Country, regional and city centre maps are accompanied by a text offering practical information and advice specifically designed to help the sightseer.

      Essential Venice1991
    • Horatio Nelson

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Tom Pocock's biography of Horatio Nelson is written with obvious authority. It takes us through his life from birth to death, not only with a wealth of new detail but also with a richness of quotation from contemporary letters and papers which dramatically points up the detail. The book should have as much appeal to the general reader as to those with a knowledge of the naval history of the times.

      Horatio Nelson1988