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Nelson: a life of heroism and scandal

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Nelson is one of the most well-known historical figures from British history. His leadership of the British fleet to victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and his death in the same battle, rendered him a national hero for generations. However, Nelson was also embroiled in a huge scandal during his lifetime, due his passionate affair with Lady Emma Hamilton, and recently questions have been raised about his attitude towards slavery and the slave trade. Historian and co-host of The Rest is History podcast, Dominic Sandbrook has written a book for children about the life of Nelson as part of his Adventures in Time/ series. Here, he discusses the complexities of the man, and the challenges of writing history for young people, with David Musgrove. (Ad) Dominic Sandbrook is the author of Nelson: Hero of the Seas (Particular Books, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Time-Nelson-Hero-Seas/dp/0241552214/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.6

Horatio Nelson is one of the most well-known figures from British history.

0:49.5

His leadership of the British fleet to victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and his death during

0:55.9

the same battle has rendered him a national hero for generations. However, Nelson was also embroiled

1:03.3

in a huge scandal during his lifetime due to his passionate affair with Lady Emma Hamilton.

1:09.2

And more recently, questions have been raised about his

1:12.3

attitude towards slavery and the slave trade. Historian and co-host of the Restis History

1:18.4

podcast, Dominic Sandbrook, has written a book for children about the life of Nelson as part of his

1:24.4

Adventures in Time series. In today's episode, he speaks to David Musgrove about the complexities of the man

1:31.7

and the challenges of writing history for young people.

1:35.8

I'd done seven Adventures in Time Books for Children before,

1:38.4

and I was casting around for a subject for number eight,

1:40.9

and Nelson just seemed obvious because he's such a titanic character.

1:44.0

He's one of the great incarnations of Britishness, I think.

1:47.0

So Nelson was born in 1758 and he died in 1805.

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