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Southey, Robert 1774-1843

Overview
Works: 2,167 works in 5,436 publications in 25 languages and 57,331 library holdings
Genres: Historical drama  Fairy tales  Children's stories 
Roles: Editor, Translator, Author of introduction, Recipient, Former owner, Other, Lyricist, Bibliographic antecedent, for, Contributor, Dedicatee, Signer
Classifications: pr5464, 821.7
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555 editions published between and 2008 in 10 languages and held by 1,501 libraries worldwide
Southey gave posterity a skilled portrait of a hero whom he genuinely admired; but he also perfected a lucid narrative style which carries the reader into battle as if he were beside Nelson, sharing the uncertainties and excitement of the engagement...
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45 editions published between and 2010 in English and held by 1,101 libraries worldwide
Having entered the British Navy at the age of twelve, Horatio Lord Nelson achieved the rank of captain at the age of twenty. As captain, he was quickly recognized as a magnetic and controversial figure. He triumphed at Cape St. Vincent and the Nile, but failed at Tenefife and Boulogne. With the glories of Copenhagen and Trafalgar yet ahead of him, his ardent passion for Emma Hamilton, the wife of a British Ambassador, cast a heavy shadow over his career. Audacious in battle (he once ignored a superior's order to cease action at Copenhagen by putting his telescope to his blind eye and saying he could not see the signal) and winner of some of Britain's greatest victories, Nelson possessed an extraordinary amount dash and courage, thus rendering him one of history's great romantic figures.
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13 editions published in in English and held by 779 libraries worldwide
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170 editions published between and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 708 libraries worldwide
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65 editions published between and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 707 libraries worldwide
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22 editions published between and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 603 libraries worldwide
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32 editions published between and 1969 in English and held by 602 libraries worldwide
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22 editions published between and 2002 in English and held by 508 libraries worldwide
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46 editions published between and 2005 in English and held by 485 libraries worldwide
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26 editions published between and 2004 in English and Portuguese and held by 470 libraries worldwide
O poeta inglês Robert Southey planejava originalmente escrever uma obra sobre a História de Portugal. Anos mais tarde, aceitando sugestão de Lord Grenville, abandonou sua idéia original e, em fevereiro de 1807, deu início à obra "History of Brazil". Escrita em 3 volumes, é considerada a mais extensa obra histórica sobre o Brasil colonial.
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108 editions published between and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 444 libraries worldwide
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14 editions published between and 1969 in English and held by 407 libraries worldwide
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48 editions published between and 1976 in English and held by 406 libraries worldwide
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1 edition published in in English and held by 392 libraries worldwide
A poetic description of a famous English waterfall by the nineteenth-century writer who served as England's poet laureate for thirty years.
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67 editions published between and 1977 in English and held by 389 libraries worldwide
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64 editions published between and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 330 libraries worldwide
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22 editions published between and 2003 in English and held by 319 libraries worldwide
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58 editions published between and 1885 in English and Undetermined and held by 282 libraries worldwide
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30 editions published between and 1954 in English and Undetermined and held by 263 libraries worldwide
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34 editions published between and 1830 in English and held by 215 libraries worldwide
 
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The life of Nelson
Alternative Names
Espriella, Manuel Alvarez 1774-1843
Pseud. Alvarez Espriella, Manuel 1774-1843
Pseud. Espriella, Manuel Alavarez 1774-1843
Southey, ... 1774-1843
Southey, R.
Southey, R. 1774-1843
Southey, Rob. 1774-1843
Southey, Robert
Southey, Roberto
Southey, Roberto, 1774-1843
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