Breaking the Line (2013)
“All his life he had sought a command like this, even when he had been in the West Indies. There, watching his wealth grow by leaps and bounds, he had prayed that the French, as they had in the American War, would send a fleet to the area. His rise in the service had been seamless, yet that acme of professional success, a victorious fleet action, had eluded him.
There had been any number of alarms and excursions, yet no enemy topsail had appeared over the horizon to fulfil his ambitions to f...ight a major enemy as a commanding admiral. Action with Hotham in the Mediterranean as third-in-command signified little; some prize money, congratulations, but little in the way of public esteem: no title, no thanks from the City of London, no special sword or medals struck in his honour.
The man waiting to see him had all that and more. Parker had observed the crowd on the day Nelson had arrived off Yarmouth, the news having spread that the Hero of the Nile was coming ashore.MoreLess
There had been any number of alarms and excursions, yet no enemy topsail had appeared over the horizon to fulfil his ambitions to f...ight a major enemy as a commanding admiral. Action with Hotham in the Mediterranean as third-in-command signified little; some prize money, congratulations, but little in the way of public esteem: no title, no thanks from the City of London, no special sword or medals struck in his honour.
The man waiting to see him had all that and more. Parker had observed the crowd on the day Nelson had arrived off Yarmouth, the news having spread that the Hero of the Nile was coming ashore.MoreLess
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