| Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar Contributor(s): Nicolson, Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060753625 ISBN-13: 9780060753627 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
| Dewey: 940.274 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.36" W x 8.06" (0.70 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: “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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nicolson, Adam: - Adam Nicols on is the author of Seamanship, God's Secretaries, and Seize the Fire. He has won both the Somerset Maugham and William Heinemann awards, and he lives with his family at Sissinghurst Castle in England. |
