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Trafalgar Companion : The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson by Mark Adkin (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherQuarto Publishing Group UK
ISBN-101845130189
ISBN-139781845130183
eBay Product ID (ePID)46453140
Product Key Features
Book TitleTrafalgar Companion : The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Napoleonic Wars, Military / Naval, Europe / Great Britain / General, Military
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes, Farmer, Clive
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMark Adkin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.9 in
Item Weight95.4 Oz
Item Length11.3 in
Item Width8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-389181
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal940.2745
SynopsisThe book is divided into twenty chapters. It starts with a prologue describing Nelson's death at the height of the battle. This is followed by a chapter on the campaign leading up to Trafalgar and by chapters on the ships of the time, guns and gunnery, officers and warrant officers and petty officers and seamen in the Franch and Spanish fleets as well as the Royal Navy. There are then chapters on the orders of battle of the two fleets, with full details of each ship and its crew, and on command and control. The chapter of Trafalgar itself is divided into four sections and is followed by an account of the storm that followed and its aftermath and an epilogue on HMS Victory today. The eleven chapters outlined above alternate with nine other chapters covering Nelson's boyhood and early years in the Navy, his affair with Emma Hamilton, and the six other main actions in which he took part, from the siege of Calvi in 1794 to the Battles of the Nile and Copenhagen. There is also a chapter on Nelson's funeral, memorials and his enduring fame. Throughout, the main text is supplemented by boxes highlighting interesting anecdotes and illustrating aspects of naval life at the time. individual ships, drawings illustrating details of how the ships were constructed and worked by their crews, maps and battle diagrams all in full colour., The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on October 21, 1805 off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast, between the combined fleets of Spain and France and the Royal Navy. The last great sea action of the period, it established British naval supremacy and ended the threat of French invasion. "The Trafalgar Companion" not only chronicles the campaign and the battle itself in unprecedented detail, it also charts Admiral Lord Nelson's life and career as well as his death at the height of the battle. Providing a wealth of background details on contemporary naval life, seamanship, gunnery, tactics, and much else, the narrative is supplemented by informative sidebars, 200 color illustrations, and stage-by-stage battle diagrams., The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on October 21, 1805 off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast, between the combined fleets of Spain and France and the Royal Navy. The last great sea action of the period, it established British naval supremacy and ended the threat of French invasion.The Trafalgar Companionnot only chronicles the campaign and the battle itself in unprecedented detail, it also charts Admiral Lord Nelson's life and career as well as his death at the height of the battle. Providing a wealth of background details on contemporary naval life, seamanship, gunnery, tactics, and much else, the narrative is supplemented by informative sidebars, 200 color illustrations, and stage-by-stage battle diagrams., The Trafalgar Companion, detailing the battle fought between the British Navy and the French and Spanish combined fleet in October 1805, has been universally acclaimed as the definitive work on the subject, distinguished by its superb illustrations, articulacy and attention to detail.
LC Classification NumberDA88.5
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- Feb 12, 2019
Excellent book
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