Bloomsbury superlead autumn title A masterly biography of a major twentieth-century figure, for fans of Sheila Hancock's The Two of Us and The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan Will include many personal and unpublished photographs

'It is not simply the elegant style delivered with magisterial authority, or the sharp understanding of what's significant and what isn't, or even the fine storyteller's gift; it is, above all, the sheer diligence with which the author has done his research' Guardian on NELSON 'This book is written in the very best of revisionist history: it is well-researched, closely argued and at odds with received wisdom, long overdue' Sunday Telegraph on NELSON 'This momentous movement has now found its perfect chronicler. Coleman is that rare phenomenon, an absolutely original writer' The Times on PASSAGE TO AMERICA

Terry Coleman, as a political journalist, interviewed eight prime ministers, from Macmillan to Blair, and in 1988 was named journalist of the year. His previous books include a biographical study of Thomas Hardy and a widely acclaimed biography of Nelson.