Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World, (Paperback)

from setnahkt

A readable, workmanlike book about the battle. Not a lot of glitz, but good scholarship including many contemporary accounts (even wrongs ones, to show how long it took for the details to get straight). Author Roy Adkins provides a number of maps; unfortunately the ones of the fleet action are to...

from aevaughn

This book covers the navy battle of Trafalgar fought off the Spanish coast during the Napoleonic wars in order to prevent a French naval invasion of Great Britain. This book does becomes somewhat confusing at times, but I believe that to be mostly due to the battle itself being confusing. He does...

from Wprecht

This book was quite an interesting read for me. Previously, my military history readings have focused pretty much on land warfare and the Second World War in particular. As with any history student, I knew the broad outlines of the Napoleonic era. I knew that Trafalgar was an important battle in ...

from malcrf

Excellent....................weaves extracts from contemporary recollections of the events seamlessly into a wonderfully evocative exposition of the battle and its context.

from theboylatham

Six out of ten.A complete description of the events surrounding the Battle of Trafalgar from the British, French and Spanish perspectives interwoven with descriptions of all aspects of life in the navy - food, clothing, artillery etc. It also goes on to describe the events after the battle, inclu...