Trafalgar : the biography of a battle / Roy Adkins
2004, First Edition. London : Abacus. Fine cloth copy in a fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #473156
ISBN: 0316725110
Physical description; xxiii, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm. Notes; Originally published London: Little, Brown, 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Invasion -- Before the battle -- Stage is set -- Into action -- First shot -- Second strike -- Slaughter -- Visions of hell -- Surrender -- Lost & won -- Hurricane -- Messengers -- Aftermath -- Fruits of victory -- Heroes & villains -- Ships & their Captains. Subjects; Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Naval operations, British. Great Britain History, Naval 19th century. Adkins, Roy (Roy A.).
Price: €12.95