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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... blood , and my sword shall devour flesh ; with the blood of the slain and of the captives , from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy . Rejoice , O ye nations , with his people : for he will avenge the blood of his servants , and ...
... blood would be shed and peace would descend on all men . The Pitt government , bearing down heavily on any hint of revolutionary thought , was , in this cosmic drama , the agency of evil . House - to - house searches were made ...
... 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 not something in the next world but in this the unrivalled creation ...
... blood . The sequence of revolution and mutiny , the punishment and emigration of officers , followed by the rolling waves of political chaos , gave fruit to the Reign of Terror , instituted by decree on September 5 1793. ' It is no ...
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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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