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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... thought - provoking than this . " -John Adamson , The Sunday Telegraph ( London ) " Adam Nicolson's [ Seize the Fire ] does not aim to flesh out this skeleton with a blow - by - blow account of the battle . Instead , he takes a ...
... thought , was , in this cosmic drama , the agency of evil . House - to - house searches were made ; registers of lodgers compiled ; citizens de- nounced for ' incivism ' if they did not sign a declaration of loyalty to the constitution ...
... thought and belief . The apocalyptic tradition required a conjuring , wise , intuitive , violent and triumphant leader . Nelson ful- filled some of those expectations . A high conception of his destiny in life , and of his relationship ...
... thought to his own welfare ; and the Roman , Virgilian hero , who is in many ways a schematic opposite of the Greek . He is civic where the Greek is ragingly individual . He serves the state , not his own self - driven destiny . He too ...
... thought he looked like a hero should . Lady Spencer , sophisticated wife of a distinguished First Lord of the Admiralty called Nelson ' a most uncouth creature . ' His general appearance , she thought – and this was a woman who loved ...
Spis treści
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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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Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar Adam Nicolson Podgląd niedostępny - 2006 |