02220    a2200277   4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087040001300102041000800115050002700123100007000150245012100220260004700341300009100388520112000479600006801599610005201667650005501719942001201774946000801786999001901794952012901813BJBSDDR20260525123022.0ta140526s2006    enk           00| 0 eng d  a9781844153862  a184415386X  bengcDLC  aeng14a322 DA 87.1bJ57D 20061 aDavidson, James D. G. q(James Duncan Gordon), d1927-201794844810aAdmiral Lord St. Vincent - saint or tyrant? :bthe life of Sir John Jervis, Nelson's patron /cJames D. G. Davidson.  aBarnsley : bPen & Sword Maritime, c2006.  a230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : billustrations , maps, portraits ; c24 cm.  aThis 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 Isles14aJervis, John, c1.er Conde de Saint Vincent, d1735-182394862314aGran Bretaña. bArmada Real xHistoria948624 4aAlmirantes zGran Bretaña vBiografías 936376  2lcccBK  idpf  c127095d127095  00102lcc40708RRaBJBbBJBcRRd2026-05-14l0o322 DA 87.1 J57D 2006p00000199072r2026-05-14 13:18:00t1w2026-05-14yBK