| Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World Contributor(s): Adkins, Roy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143037951 ISBN-13: 9780143037958 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: On the Battle of Trafalgar's 200th anniversary, Adkins offers a brutally vivid, gunport-level account of the British victory that changed the world. Two photo inserts. 3 maps. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 940.274 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.56" W x 8.36" (0.89 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle, from the co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018) 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. |