Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of TrafalgarHarper Collins, 13 paź 2009 - 384 “Strikingly original. . . . 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, 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. In October 1805 Lord Horatio Nelson, the most brilliant sea commander who ever lived, led the British Royal Navy to a devastating victory over the Franco-Spanish fleets at the great battle of Trafalgar. It was the foundation of Britain's nineteenth-century world-dominating empire. Seize the Fire is not only a close and revealing portrait of a legendary hero in his final action but also a vivid account of the brutal realities of battle; it asks the questions: Why did the winners win? What was it about the British, their commanders and their men, their beliefs and their ambitions, that took them to such overwhelming victory? 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. |
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... Cadiz , would log 21 ° Celsius , about 70 ° Fahrenheit . In all ships in both fleets , men would strip to the waist . There was only one ominous element to the weather : a long , stirring swell was pushing in from the southwest , ' the ...
... Cadiz and Cape Trafalgar , the combined Spanish and French fleet of 33 ships - of - the- line had been , according to orders received from Napoleon himself , attempting to make their way down into the Strait of Gibraltar and then on ...
... Cadiz , with orders to detain any Spanish ships they should fall in with . Early on the morn- ing of 5 October , they spotted four large Spanish frigates coming in from the west and making for Cadiz harbour . After an initial parley ...
... a demographic fact . The supply of good , strong , well - fed men , with a high level of ambition and enterprise , was simply absent . " They have four first - rates in commission at Cadiz , ' Nelson went on , ' and 14.
... Cadiz in October 1805 , Villeneuve , the French commander , was in despair about his Spanish allies . Their ships were in such poor condition , he reported to his friend Denis Decrès , Minister of Marine in Paris , that they should ...
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Order and Anxiety | 49 |
Honour | 93 |
Love | 130 |
Boldness | 157 |
Violence | 209 |
Humanity | 239 |
Nobility | 275 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 319 |
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