TITLE:
Nelson's Trafalgar : the battle that changed the world / Roy Adkins.
Former Title:
Trafalgar : the biography of a battle
Publication Date:
2005
Publication Information:
New York : Viking,
Edition:
1st American ed.
Physical Description:
392 p. : ill.
Summary:
On October 21, 1805, as Britain's Royal Navy under the command of Horatio Nelson clashed with Napoleon's forces in an epic sea battle off the coast of Spain, the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Though the cost was high-and Nelson himself was killed-the British victory prevented Napoleon from invading Britain and paved the way for the eventual defeat of the French emperor. Without Trafalgar there would have been no Waterloo. The Battle of Trafalgar set Britain on its vast imperial course. Now, on the battle's 200th anniversary, Roy Adkins offers readers a brutally vivid, gunport-level account of the battle.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780670034482
General Note:
First published under the title: Trafalgar: the biography of a battle.
