Trafalgar
The Biography of a Battle
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:5th May '05
Should be back in stock very soon
* Author PR activity to include national and regional radio and press * Publication ties in with the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich) Nelson & Napoleon Exhibition 7/7-13/11 - extensive coverage assured * Submitted for trade promotions * Review round-ups in the national press and specialist magazines
A superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson
A superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson
21 October 1805: Britain, under Nelson, mastered the sea for six hours, annihilating her French and Spanish opponents. In Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle, Roy Adkins embraces the battle, its prelude and its aftermath, in a narrative that is at once scholarly and breathtakingly exciting.
'At least the equal to Stalingrad in blood, pace and telling detail'Independent on Sunday
'Masterful... a compelling account' Bernard Cornwell, Mail on Sunday
'First-rate... quite fascinating and filled with glimpses of the humanity of the men who fought so coolly yet ferociously' Allan Mallinson, Spectator
First-rate... quite fascinating and filled with glimpses of the humanity of the men who fought so coolly yet ferociously. His account of the battle is a gripping album of snapshots from the quarterdecks and gundecks of the ships themselves. Truly it is a most eclectic, engaging book -- Allan Mallinson * Spectator *
Masterful... a compelling account -- Bernard Cornwell * Mail on Sunday *
Blazing... also boasts a welcome twist to the genre with a lacing of black humour... At least the equal to Stalingrad in blood, pace and telling detail * Independent on Sunday *
The blazing TRAFALGAR is at least the equal of STALINGRAD in blood, pace and detail, but it also boasts a welcome twist to the genre with a lacing of black humour * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
Masterful in explaining why Nelson's men were so much more efficient ... Adkins has written a compelling account * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Well-written and makes good use of first-hand accounts * LITERARY REVIEW *
[Adkins's] painstaking digging, sifting, arranging and questioning take him everywhere on Nelson's fleet ... His account of the battle is a gripping album of snapshots from the quarterdecks and gun decks of the ships themselves ... A most eclectic but engagi * SPECTATOR *
ISBN: 9780349116327
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 28mm
Weight: 340g
416 pages