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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... 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 , 1818 by.
... book through its various paths . Caroline Dawnay and Zoe Pagnamenta remain sources of great encourage- ment , for which I am immensely grateful . PREFACE There is a long tradition of English violence . xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
... violence . More Cath- olics were burned at the stake in 16th - century England than in any other country in Europe . A higher percentage of the population died in the English Civil War than in the French Revolution . The suppression and ...
... violence is a measure of its goodness . If I whet my glittering sword , and mine hand take hold on judgment ; I will render vengeance to mine enemies , and will reward them that hate me . I will make mine arrows drunk with blood , and ...
... violence . One evening he saw ' a large River run through London coloured with human blood . ' These were the ' signs of mercy ' - the violence was beau- tiful and after them there was to be an era of universal brotherhood . ' All shall ...
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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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