{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English","title":"#641 | Nelson and Lady Hamilton | Part 1: The Life of Horatio Nelson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1613,"description":"Horatio Nelson was a sickly clergyman’s son who became Britain’s greatest naval hero, despite lifelong illness, losing an eye and an arm.\n \nHis daring victories against France made him famous across Europe, but his final battle at Trafalgar would turn him into a national legend.\n \n\nSickly Horatio Nelson joins the Royal Navy aged twelve, following his captain uncle\nHe gains rapid promotion, despite lifelong seasickness and dangerous adventures at sea\nNelson marries Fanny Nisbet, then waits unhappily in Norfolk during peacetime\nWar with France begins, and Nelson first meets Lady Hamilton in Naples\nHe loses sight in one eye, then wins fame at Cape St Vincent\nA failed attack on Tenerife costs Nelson his right arm, while Fanny nurses him\nNelson destroys the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile, cutting off Napoleon\nIn Naples, Nelson and Emma Hamilton fall in love; their daughter Horatia causes scandal\nNelson ignores an order to withdraw and wins the Battle of Copenhagen\nAt Trafalgar, Nelson defeats France and Spain, but is shot and dies aboard Victory\nFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/nelson","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HIneD2bpN38ZyIYQqvz9OwtMc5c5ep366psJkVe0ZiU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzU3MDEvMTYyMDk3/Mzg5MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}