false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180749812m/1073205.jpg 1073205 8 On October 21, 1805, as Britain's Royal Navy under the command of Horatio Nelson clashed with Napoleon's forces in an epic sea battle off the coast of Spain, the fate of Europe hung in the balance. Though the cost was high-and Nelson himself was killed-the British victory prevented Napoleon from invading Britain and paved the way for the eventual defeat of the French emperor. Without Trafalgar there would have been no Waterloo. The Battle of Trafalgar set Britain on its vast imperial course. <P> Now, on the battle's 200th anniversary, Roy Adkins offers readers a brutally vivid, gunport-level account of the battle. For more than five hours the crews of the British, French, and Spanish ships struggled under the constant barrage of cannon and musket fire amid choking fumes, and ear- splitting explosions. While the men maneuvered the ships and kept the cannons firing, the women tended the sick and helped the boys carry gunpowder cartridges to the gun decks. Capturing as never before the harsh conditions in which sailors lived and died, the mechanics of nautical warfare, and the relentless violence of 19th century naval combat, <I>Nelson's Trafalgar</I> is a must read for fans of military history and Patrick O'Brian. 1059900 2004 Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World total:59|5:16|4:28|3:14|2:1|1:0| 59 236 115 18 1039708 0349116326 9780349116327 4 3 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180437034m/1039708.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1039708.Trafalgar_The_Biography_of_a_Battle 4 1 false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 10 06:34:50 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 03:29:54 -0700 2008
The book...more...]]> 241610 0143037951 9780143037958 5 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173044359m/241610.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241610.Nelson_s_Trafalgar_The_Battle_That_Changed_the_World 4 0 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 10 16:33:19 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 16:33:45 -0800 2009
The book is a blow by blow account of the planning for the battle and how the plans for eac...more...]]> 1073205 0670034487 9780670034482 49 13 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180749812m/1073205.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1073205.Nelson_s_Trafalgar_The_Battle_That_Changed_the_World 3 0 false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 15:05:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 15:05:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1073205 0670034487 9780670034482 49 13 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180749812m/1073205.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1073205.Nelson_s_Trafalgar_The_Battle_That_Changed_the_World 5 0 false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 10:39:59 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 18:00:32 -0700 2008
If I have one ding for the book, it's th...more...]]> 1073205 0670034487 9780670034482 49 13 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180749812m/1073205.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1073205.Nelson_s_Trafalgar_The_Battle_That_Changed_the_World 0 0 false Sat Dec 13 06:31:33 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 06:32:29 -0800 2008
Ryan

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It's excellent... maybe even better than Sqirrel claimed.

As the man said... it read so well that it was like a historical fiction, rather than a historcal account.

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