Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar Paperback - 2006
by Nicolson, Adam
- Used
For the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, Nicolson draws from a wide range of sources to investigate the battle, and the ambitions, fears and principles that drove the British fleet to such a devastating victory.
Description
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Details
- Title Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar
- Author Nicolson, Adam
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2006-08-29
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # B13E-00208
- ISBN 9780060753627 / 0060753625
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 5.36 x 0.91 in (20.47 x 13.61 x 2.31 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Spanish
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History, Naval - 19th century, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.274
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Summary
From the rear cover
In October 1805 Lord Horatio Nelson, the most brilliant sea commander who ever lived, led the British Royal Navy to a devastating victory over the Franco-Spanish fleets at the great battle of Trafalgar. It was the foundation of Britain's nineteenth-century world-dominating empire. Adam Nicolson's Seize the Fire is not only a close and revealing portrait of a legendary hero in his final action but also a vivid account of the brutal realities of battle; it asks the questions: Why did the winners win? What was it about the British, their commanders and their men, their beliefs and their ambitions, that took them to such overwhelming victory?
