Captain Nelson

Under the flag of the king

  • Lord Nelson's exciting life in a dilogy - experience his greatest adventures on the high seas and his fabulous forbidden love for the beautiful Lady Hamilton at first hand
  • For readers of C.S. Forester, Patrick O'Brian or Alexander Kent

England's greatest naval hero - from young captain to scandal-ridden admiral and war hero of Trafalgar!

 

Captain Nelson: Young Captain Horatio Nelson's ambition pays off for the first time in the Caribbean. He later meets the love of his life on a diplomatic mission in Naples - but Emma
Hamilton is already the wife of the British ambassador.
 
Admiral Nelson: While Admiral Nelson inflicts a devastating defeat on Napoleon's fleet, he is seriously wounded. It is Emma Hamilton who nurses him devotedly. Their love becomes a social scandal, but soon England needs its greatest naval hero more than ever before ...

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  • Publisher: Knaur TB
  • Release: 02.09.2024
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-44846-5
  • 400 Pages
  • Series: Lord Nelson – Über alle Meere
  • Author: Mac P. Lorne

Awards

  • 2025: Goldener HOMER für „Admiral Nelson - Unter der Flagge des Königs“
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Mac P. Lorne Captain Nelson
Portrait von Mac P. Lorne
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Mac P. Lorne

Mac P. Lorne (*1957) has so far published fourteen historical novels with Droemer Knaur, six of which have already received significant literary awards. With "The Pirate - a Francis Drake Novel" and "Jack Bannister - Master of the Caribbean," he very successfully dedicated himself to maritime topics and reached a large readership. In his duology about England's most famous sea heroes, he continued this theme with Robert Surcouf.