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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... Publication Data is avail- able upon request . ISBN - 10 : 0-06-075362-5 ( pbk . ) ISBN - 13 : 978-0-06-075362-7 ( pbk . ) 06 07 08 09 10 RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PREFACE Part One : MORNING vii xi.
... MORNING vii xi xiii 1. Zeal 3 2. Order and Anxiety 49 3. Honour 93 4. Love 130 5. Boldness 157 Part Two : BATTLE 6. Violence 7. Humanity 8. Nobility 209 239 275 BIBLIOGRAPHY 319 INDEX 327 ILLUSTRATIONS A First Rate Taking in Stores ...
... part Hebrew - the three - pronged roots of European violence - both dared to seize the fire and to use their apocalyptic inheritance as the fuel for lives of honour . Part I MORNING October 21st 1805 5.50 am to 12.30 xxiv.
Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar Adam Nicolson. Part I MORNING October 21st 1805 5.50 am to 12.30 pm ZEAL October 21st 1805 5.50 am to 8.30 am Distance.
... morning of 21 October 1805 , just as dawn was coming up , the look - outs high on the mainmasts of the British fleet spied the enemy , about twelve miles away downwind . They had been tracking them for a day and a night , the body 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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