02076 a2200265 4500 BJBSDDR 20260525123022.0 ta 140526s2006 enk 00| 0 eng d 9781844153862 184415386X eng DLC eng 322 DA 87.1 J57D 2006 Davidson, James D. G. (James Duncan Gordon), 1927-2017 48448 Admiral Lord St. Vincent - saint or tyrant? : the life of Sir John Jervis, Nelson's patron / James D. G. Davidson. Barnsley : Pen & Sword Maritime, 2006. 230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations , maps, portraits ; 24 cm. This biography of John Jervis, who became Admiral Lord Vincent, makes compelling reading. It throws an oblique light on Nelsons personality. St Vincent, who was born twenty-three years before Nelson, and survived for eighteen years after Trafalgar, fundamentally influenced the younger man's career despite the two men being diametrically different characters. Yet without him, Nelsons genius might have been submerged by professional jealousy or emotional fragility. It was St Vincent's strategy and preparation which positioned Nelson to win his three famous victories, but St Vincent himself made vital contributions not only to the defeat of Napoleon but to the well-being of the Royal Navy. Before he became First Lord of the Admiralty, the Navy had been severely weakened by corruption in the dockyards, nepotism in appointments and the appalling conditions under which the seamen lived and worked. St Vincent deserves the profound gratitude of the Nation; not only for enabling Nelson to exercise his tactical brilliance, but also for the role he played in preventing Napoleon from invading the British Isles Jervis, John, 1.er Conde de Saint Vincent, 1735-1823 48623 Gran Bretaña. Armada Real Historia 48624 Almirantes Gran Bretaña Biografías 36376 lcc BK dpf 127095 127095 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2026-05-14 0 322 DA 87.1 J57D 2006 00000199072 2026-05-14 13:18:00 1 2026-05-14 BK