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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... told before , but rarely with the literary aplomb and almost cinematic realism that are to be found in Adam Nicolson's new book .... In evoking the look and sound of the ships ; the lives and loves of their commanders ; and the ...
... told his giddy listeners , ' and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her , and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies . ' His words were , in a subterranean way , pregnant ...
... shared by the French . " The sea must become free like the land , ' the revolutionary zealot André Jeanbon Saint - André had told the French fleet in Brest in January 1794 . Deploy therefore all the force and power which the People 12.
... told Decrès , were ridiculous . Barely ten per cent were sailors . ' It is truly painful to see such strong and beautiful ships manned with shepherds and beggars , and to have such a tiny number of real seamen . The fleet is not in a ...
... told ; but the seamen , even the petty officers , did not show themselves . Naval affairs reached their deepest crisis when in September 1793 a Jacobin mob murdered a naval officer in Toulon and washed their hands in his blood . The ...
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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 |