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A disturbing novel with a disturbing ending, about a Nelson biographer who loses himself in the character of his hero. He carries on engaging re-enactments. His matter-of-fact secr etary bluntly tells him about Nelson's faults, But a cruel event he discovers in Nelson's life threatens to destroy him. He travels to Naples, hoping to find something to exonerate Nelson's cruel acts and creates his own horror. VG. Nan A. Talese (Doubleday, Random House). 1999. Hb, Dj. USED. $10.00 Show more