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| Recollections of a hero’s life. Worshipped as a national saviour, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon’s plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumours swirled about his private life. Nelson took a friend’s wife as a mistress and even fathered a child by her in secret. Starring Kenneth Colley (Monty Python’s Life of Brian) Geraldine James (The Jewel in the Crown), and Tim Pigott-Smith (V for Vendetta), this lavish historical drama examines Nelson through the eyes of four people close to him – his wife, who feels bitter and betrayed but ultimately loving, his friend, who helplessly loses his wife to a hero, his captain, who admires Nelson’s bold leadership but disdains his lifestyles and an ordinary seaman, who turns to his commander for inspiration while facing death. What emerges is an unconventional portrait of a complex figure and a study in the effects of fame. |