Seize the Fire

副标题: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar (P.S.)

ISBN: 9780060753627

出版社: Harper Perennial

出版年: 2006-09-01

页数: 384

定价: USD 14.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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. Adam Nicolson's 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?