Author: Robson, Martin
Publisher: Conway Maritime Pr
Year: 2005
ISBN: 0851779794
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Description: New book, 176 pages, shelf wear to cover. This book integrates a thorough narrative with qoutations from contemporary documents, eyewitness accounts and reproductions of illustrations to provide an authoritative account of the campaign, battle and aftermath. This approach offers both the perspective of hindsight, placing actions in context, and the immediacy of being present as the events unfold. The strategy and tactics, the famous personalities of Trafalgar are not only described but also explained in the words of participants and modern historians.