Men of Honour: Trafalgar and the Making of the English Hero
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Nelson's own courage, vanity, ruthlessness and sweetness made him one of the great identifiable heroes of English history. In Trafalgar, Adam Nicolson also traces the stories of many unknown people of the day. He tackles the grand theme of heroism; the move from the age of reason to the age of romanticism; and examines a battle that was not only a uniquely well-documented crisis in human affairs but also a lens on its own time. Adam Nicolson does not approach Trafalgar as a military historian. His book gives a wonderfully immediate recreation of both the battle itself and its aftermath in a rich, concrete and intellectually engaging style.
Author: Adam Nicolson
Format: Hardback, 400 pages, 141mm x 222mm, 700 g
Published: 2005, HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom
Genre: Regional History
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Nelson's own courage, vanity, ruthlessness and sweetness made him one of the great identifiable heroes of English history. In Trafalgar, Adam Nicolson also traces the stories of many unknown people of the day. He tackles the grand theme of heroism; the move from the age of reason to the age of romanticism; and examines a battle that was not only a uniquely well-documented crisis in human affairs but also a lens on its own time. Adam Nicolson does not approach Trafalgar as a military historian. His book gives a wonderfully immediate recreation of both the battle itself and its aftermath in a rich, concrete and intellectually engaging style.
Men of Honour: Trafalgar and the Making of the English Hero