Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar |
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| Authors: | Nicolson, Adam |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| BISAC/Subject: | BIO008000, HIS015000, HIS027150 |
| ISBN: | 9780061861895, Related ISBNs: 0061861898, 9780060753627, 9780061861895 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 384, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
“Strikingly original. . . . Mr. Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar.”—The Economist
Adam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets in October 1805, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic. A story rich with modern resonance, Seize the Fire reveals the economic impact of the battle as a victorious Great Britain emerged as a global commercial empire.
Nicolson not only vividly describes describes the brutal realities of battle but enters the hearts and minds of the men who were there. HIs masterful history is a portrait of a moment, a close and passionately engaged depiction of a frame of mind at a turning point in world history.
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