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The face that sank a thousand ships

et’s face it, though he was widely regarded as the first modern celebrity Nelson was certainly no David Beckham in the looks department. Reckoned to stand just 5ft 4in (1.62m) tall, his face described as “pale and interesting,” his frame as

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