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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... Maritime Museum , London . Captain Henry Blackwood ( 1770-1832 ) by John Hoppner , 1806. National Maritime Museum , London , Greenwich Hospital Collection . Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy ( 1769-1839 ) by Domenico Pellegrini vii ILLUSTRATIONS.
... Captain Henry W. Bayntun by Sir William Beechey , 1805. Louisiana State University Museum of Art , Anonymous Donor's Purchase Fund , 59.8 . The Battle of Trafalgar 21st October 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner , 1824. National ...
... Captain Hardy , a radiant orb was suspended which urged him onward to renown . " Robert Southey glossed it still further , saying that Nelson knew to what the previous state of dejection was to be attributed ; that an enfeebled body ...
... Captain Graham Moore , as commodore of the squadron , was cruising off 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 ...
... captain of a Spanish ship did not concern himself with sailing matters . That was the business of a junior officer , the pilot , to whom all aspects of seamanship were delegated . The captain was in charge of the soldiers on board , of ...
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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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