A previously unpublished letter by Admiral Lord Nelson sent three days before the Battle of Trafalgar has emerged 220 years on. The British naval hero is primed for action as he writes from on board ...
Shortly before 1am on November 6 1805, Lt John Lapenotière reached the Admiralty in Whitehall in a post-chaise, just beating a rival officer. They had the same mission: to bring news of the Royal ...