"Well then, I will be a hero, and confiding in Providence, I will brave every danger."

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At the turn of the 19th century, the world was at war. On one side stood a military genius who had conquered a continent. On the other was the one man, with only a weather-beaten squadron of wooden ships, who could stop him. Such is the backdrop of the life of England's greatest hero: Horatio Nelson. Joining the Royal Navy at the age of 12, Nelson physically represented the furthest thing from a hero. He was small, sickly, and obsessively vain, yet Nelson would go on to lead his men into some of the greatest naval battles in history. And he would entwine himself into a torrid love affair that would rock the conservative Georgian society from which he drew so much devotion.

Nelson's secret: to live under the simple rule that everyone is expected to do his duty. In a time when the officers of His Majesty's Ships were virtually royalty themselves compared to the common seaman living between cramped decks, Nelson insisted that these hardened British tars were worthy of respect and addressed them not as subordinates but as kinsmen. He always led from the front and would never ask his men to perform any duty of which he was not prepared to do first. Such dedication cost him the use of an eye, the loss of an arm, and ultimately his life. For this, his men loved him and would successfully battle against overwhelming odds without question.

A vain, petty and arrogant man, Nelson was also lured into a passionate affair with the wife of an Ambassador. Abandoning his own wife, Nelson was openly devoted to his beloved Lady Hamilton in a time when the King himself insisted on strict moral practices.

The crowning moment in the life of Lord Nelson came on an Autumn morning in 1805, off the coast of Spain, when Nelson's outnumbered fleet engaged the Combined Franco-Spanish Fleet, which Napoleon had intended to escort his invasion force against England. Although he paid the ultimate price for it, Nelson completely smashed his enemy's fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar, paving the way for the British Empire to rule the seas for another century and causing Napoleon to forever abandon his lust for conquering England.

Nearly two hundred years later, after over ten years of personal research, Chad Rogers has embarked to write the definitive screenplay on the life of Horatio Nelson, chronicling the true adventures of England's greatest hero. It is a story of loyalty, honor, arrogance and love. It is a story which must be told, which must be remembered.

To learn more about Nelson, go to The 1805 Club or HMS Victory.