Nelson’s Trafalgar The Battle that Changed the World Roy Adkins

Nelsons Trafalgar The Battle that Changed the World   

Author: Roy Adkins  

Publisher: Viking  

Edition: First 2005 

ISBN: 0-670-03448-7

Language: English  

Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding. 

Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket   

Pages: 392. Print with images    

Additional Information

"In this account of the Battle of Trafalgar, Roy Adkins stunningly evokes the unsurpassed violence of nineteenth-century naval warfare. For more than five hours, sixty ships fought at close quarters as their occupants struggled under the constant barrage of cannon and musket fire, amid choking fumes and ear-splitting explosions. Nelson's navy was severely outgunned; twenty-seven British battleships carrying 2,150 guns faced thirty-three French and Spanish ships carrying 2,640 guns. Yet the British gunners, quicker and more disciplined, carried the day. While the men maneuverer the ships and kept the cannons firing, the women tended the sick and helped the boys carry gunpowder cartridges to the gun decks. When Nelson died during the battle, French Vice-Admiral Villeneuve remarked that "to any other nation the loss of a Nelson would have been irreparable, but in the British Fleet off Cadiz, every captain was a Nelson."" Adkins has drawn on a broad range of primary source material to write this powerful, unforgettably vivid history that captures as never before the harsh conditions in which sailors lived and died, the mechanics of nautical combat and the human costs of the conflict.

  

Please note that we reserve the right to close our auctions at any time.

Please refer to all images for condition, as this forms an integral part of the description.

Payment to be processed within 2 days of auction closing 

The item is second hand and sold as such with no warranty or guarantee implied, expressed or given.

Nelson | Napoleon | Trafalgar | Wellington | Waterloo