Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar

“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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 08/01/2006
ISBN: 9780060753627
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.36w x 0.91d