The Mammoth Book of How it Happened - Trafalgar: Over 50 First-hand
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is indicative only and does not represent the condition of this copy. For information about the condition of this book you can email us.
Minute-by-minute eyewitness accounts of 'Britain's finest hour' Trafalgar set the seal on British naval supremacy, the most strategically significant victory in the age of sail. It was also one of the bloodiest and most confused naval conflicts ever known, with English, American, Irish, Spanish and French seamen among choking fumes and in constant peril below and above decks. This is the largest eyewitness collection of the battle, with over 50 first-hand accounts from all those involved. Accounts include: Nelson Sends the Signal 'England Expects That Every Man. This Day Will Do His Duty', 11.56am, 21 October 1805 Lieutenant George Brown, HMS Victory The First Shots: Fougueux Engages Royal Sovereign, 12:00 noon Captain Pierre Servaux, Master of Arms, Fougueux Guillemard Shoots Admiral Nelson, 1.25pm Sergeant Robert Guillemard, Redoubtable 'Our Sides Grinding So Much Against Each Other that We Were Obliged to Fire the Lower-Deck Guns Without Running Them Out': The View from HMS Tonnant, 1.00-2.15pm Anonymous lieutenant, HMS Tonnant The Combined Fleet's Last Throw - Dumanoir Counter-Attacks, 2.3
0pm Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir Le Pelley, Formidable HMS Victory: Hardy Visits the Dying Nelson, 2.35pm Dr William Beatty Rescue of a French Woman Sailor, 5.15pm Anonymous officer, HMS Revenge
Author: Jon E. Lewis
Format: Paperback, 512 pages, 130mm x 197mm, 375 g
Published: 2005, Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom
Genre: Military History
Description
Minute-by-minute eyewitness accounts of 'Britain's finest hour' Trafalgar set the seal on British naval supremacy, the most strategically significant victory in the age of sail. It was also one of the bloodiest and most confused naval conflicts ever known, with English, American, Irish, Spanish and French seamen among choking fumes and in constant peril below and above decks. This is the largest eyewitness collection of the battle, with over 50 first-hand accounts from all those involved. Accounts include: Nelson Sends the Signal 'England Expects That Every Man. This Day Will Do His Duty', 11.56am, 21 October 1805 Lieutenant George Brown, HMS Victory The First Shots: Fougueux Engages Royal Sovereign, 12:00 noon Captain Pierre Servaux, Master of Arms, Fougueux Guillemard Shoots Admiral Nelson, 1.25pm Sergeant Robert Guillemard, Redoubtable 'Our Sides Grinding So Much Against Each Other that We Were Obliged to Fire the Lower-Deck Guns Without Running Them Out': The View from HMS Tonnant, 1.00-2.15pm Anonymous lieutenant, HMS Tonnant The Combined Fleet's Last Throw - Dumanoir Counter-Attacks, 2.3
0pm Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir Le Pelley, Formidable HMS Victory: Hardy Visits the Dying Nelson, 2.35pm Dr William Beatty Rescue of a French Woman Sailor, 5.15pm Anonymous officer, HMS Revenge
The Mammoth Book of How it Happened - Trafalgar: Over 50 First-hand