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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... France . Battle , sacrifice , the glittering sword , the rivers of blood , the midnight hour , the dangers that stand before you : all those were real enough at Trafalgar and the new millen- nium of peaceful dominance they led to was ...
... wether the Boasted Herosum of France and Spain or the Ginene Valour of free Born Britains was to Rule the Main ... Death or Victory was the Gineral Resolution of our Ships Crew . ' In that light , the story of the British victory xxiii.
... France but not yet formally at war with Britain , and which established the British fleet in Spanish eyes as little more than state- sponsored pirates . A powerful group of four British frigates under the command of Captain Graham Moore ...
... France and so her bullion was seen by the British as war material . Heartless- ness at sea , and never more than when in pursuit of gold , was British policy . Nelson himself was described by the deeply conservative and nationalistic ...
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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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