Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World
by Adkins, Roy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670034487
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034482
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Viking, 2005. 1st US . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dark gray covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, thin initialed book plate along inside top front, tiny stamp of eagle's head on first front end paper, 392 pages including a glossy photo section plus some maps. DJ glossy with color-illustration of sailship man-o-wars in battle on front, spine and back, praise at top back from Nicholas Fearn in Independent on Sunday, Bernard Cornwell in Sunday and others. DJ has light creases at spine top edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy under Lord Horatio Nelson dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar comes boldly to life in this definitive work that re-creates those five momentous, earsplitting hours with unrivaled detail and intensity.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53891
- Title
- Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World
- Author
- Adkins, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st US
- ISBN 10
- 0670034487
- ISBN 13
- 9780670034482
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Sea Battles England Trafalgar
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ocean/Sea; War-Combat;
Terms of Sale
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Callaghan Books South
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