- Taschenbuch: 288 Seiten
- Verlag: Random House UK; Auflage: New edition (24. März 1998)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0712673415
- ISBN-13: 978-0712673419
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 549.088 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Produktinformation |
Mehr über den Autor
Entdecken Sie Bücher, lesen Sie über Autoren und mehr
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Tom Pocock auf Amazon
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Tom Pocock auf Amazon
Produktbeschreibungen
Kurzbeschreibung
Admiral Sir Sidney Smith liked to think of himself as a second Nelson, and there were parallels between the two. Smith and Nelson shared the credit for changing the course of history by ending Napoleon Bonaparte's dream of eastern conquest: Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Smith by his defence of Acre. While Nelson became the unrivalled national hero, Smith has been almost forgotten. Yet had his advice been followed, campaigns in the Middle East would have been forgotten and thousands of lives saved.
Synopsis
Admiral Sir Sidney Smith liked to think of himself as a second Nelson, and there were parallels between the two. Smith and Nelson shared the credit for changing the course of history by ending Napoleon Bonaparte's dream of eastern conquest: Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Smith by his defence of Acre. While Nelson became the unrivalled national hero, Smith has been almost forgotten. Yet had his advice been followed, campaigns in the Middle East would have been forgotten and thousands of lives saved.
Tags(Was ist das?)Bei einem Tag handelt es sich um ein Schlagwort, das zum Produkt passt.
Tags erleichtern allen Kunden die Suche und die Sortierung ihrer Lieblingsprodukte. |
Eine digitale Version dieses Buchs im Kindle-Shop verkaufen
Wenn Sie ein Verleger oder Autor sind und die digitalen Rechte an einem Buch haben, können Sie die digitale Version des Buchs in unserem Kindle-Shop verkaufen.
Weitere Informationen
Kundenrezensionen
Es gibt noch keine Kundenrezensionen auf Amazon.de
5 Sterne
4 Sterne
3 Sterne
2 Sterne
1 Sterne
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen auf Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
3 Rezensionen
6 von 6 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Brilliant but unlovable - Admiral Sir Sidney Smith
7. Februar 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Having enjoyed Pocock's biographies of Nelson and his history of the Seven Years War, I was a little disappointed by this book, but it's likely not Pocock's fault; it's the material. On the surface, Admiral Sir Sidney Smith had as spectacular a career as any during the Napoleonic Wars, climaxing with his brilliant defense of Acre against Napoleon's army of Egypt. Looking closer, it's obvious that his contemporaries thought he was a total ass. Now Nelson and Cochrane both had faults, but they also had redeeming factors: Nelson was not only the greatest fighting admiral who ever lived but he was obviously personally likable and his contemporaries have left no end of favorable memories of him for history's perusal. Cochrane could be impossible to authority, but he was, like Nelson, a brilliant fighting officer and possessed of a slightly wacky charm. Smith, on the other hand, was a brave man, a fine fighting sailor and soldier, and an astute diplomat, but he was also absolutely full of himself, and his contemporaries never forgave him for it. The result is that this biography, while full of incident, adventure, and history, is also somewhat toneless. Anyone interested in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars will find this book valuable, but it may not be as appealing to the general reader as some of Pocock's other books.
2 von 2 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
The Best of the Modern Smith Biographies
13. Februar 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
As an author who is writing a series of novels based on the life of Sir Sidney Smith, (The Midshipman Prince, HMS Diamond) I have read (I think) every book ever written about him. To me, this is the best of the modern biographies; and you'd have to go back to some of the primary sources (e.g. Howard's 1839 The Memoirs of Sir Sidney Smith) to find anything better.
If there is anything to criticize about the book it is that I wish Mr. Pocock had dwelt more on Smith's psychology. It is true that Smith was not well liked in some quarters, but the reason for that has to do more with professional animosity and jealousy than anything else.
In 1790 he went to Sweden to fight for the Swedes against the Russians, while most of the British naval officers who went overseas fought for Russia. As a result of Smith's assistance, many of those ex patriot Brits were killed and his brother officers never forgave him for it. Now, when you combine that animosity with the fact that Smith was knighted (by Sweden), and with Smith's biggest personal weakness--that he did not suffer fools gladly--and you do not exactly have a prescription for a professional love-in. I wish Pocock had brought out more of Smith's frustration with this situation, and it's utter unfairness.
In 1793, during the retreat from Toulon, Smith destroyed more French ships than had been destroyed in any British fleet action prior to that. Yet, he was blamed by Nelson and Collingwood (neither of whom were there) for not destroying more.
The first person to defeat Napoleon on land, head-to-head, was not Wellington; it was Smith at the Battle of Acre. Everyone knows about Nelson at Trafalgar; but few people realize that there would have been no Trafalgar if Smith--a naval officer--had not stopped Napoleon in a three month land battle in the east.
His list of accomplishments goes on and on--to the point where you wonder if Nelson really WAS the greatest admiral of his day. But Nelson got the "good press" and Smith did not--and does not even today.
If you are interested in looking under the surface of the Napoleonic Era, this book is a good place to start.
If there is anything to criticize about the book it is that I wish Mr. Pocock had dwelt more on Smith's psychology. It is true that Smith was not well liked in some quarters, but the reason for that has to do more with professional animosity and jealousy than anything else.
In 1790 he went to Sweden to fight for the Swedes against the Russians, while most of the British naval officers who went overseas fought for Russia. As a result of Smith's assistance, many of those ex patriot Brits were killed and his brother officers never forgave him for it. Now, when you combine that animosity with the fact that Smith was knighted (by Sweden), and with Smith's biggest personal weakness--that he did not suffer fools gladly--and you do not exactly have a prescription for a professional love-in. I wish Pocock had brought out more of Smith's frustration with this situation, and it's utter unfairness.
In 1793, during the retreat from Toulon, Smith destroyed more French ships than had been destroyed in any British fleet action prior to that. Yet, he was blamed by Nelson and Collingwood (neither of whom were there) for not destroying more.
The first person to defeat Napoleon on land, head-to-head, was not Wellington; it was Smith at the Battle of Acre. Everyone knows about Nelson at Trafalgar; but few people realize that there would have been no Trafalgar if Smith--a naval officer--had not stopped Napoleon in a three month land battle in the east.
His list of accomplishments goes on and on--to the point where you wonder if Nelson really WAS the greatest admiral of his day. But Nelson got the "good press" and Smith did not--and does not even today.
If you are interested in looking under the surface of the Napoleonic Era, this book is a good place to start.
0 von 1 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Goes to show you !
21. Mai 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This is an interesting book, more from what it does not say as does. Smith was not a great man, not a nice man, not a particularly likable man. But he had luck, and time, and place on his side. He made do in the only war he had, and he had the brains to take avantage, the luck to survive, and the good fortune to put the two together. Its an interesting story about a man both underrated and overrated in his time, and forgotten in ours.
Waren diese Rezensionen hilfreich?
Wir wollen von Ihnen hören.
Kunden diskutieren
|
Das Forum zu diesem Produkt
Fragen stellen, Meinungen austauschen, Einblicke gewinnen Aktive Diskussionen in ähnlichen Foren
Kundendiskussionen durchsuchen
|
Ähnliche Foren
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieblingslisten
Ähnliche Artikel finden
Anhand des Sachgebietes nach ähnlichen Produkten suchen:
Ihr Kommentar
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
