Trafalgar: The Nelson Touch by David Howarth
This classic book about the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson is now re-issued in paperback alongside its sister volume, Waterloo: A Near Run Thing
Trafalgar
Trafalgar
Summary
The Battle of Trafalgar, including the death of Nelson, is illustrated in this book through the eyes of the men who experienced it.
Trafalgar Summary
About David Howarth
David Howarth, who died in 1991, was one of Britain's best writers of historical events. He himself had worked as war correspondent for the BBC in the Second World War, reporting the chaos of Dunkirk, but with the fall of France he joined the Navy and then came under the command of the SOE (Special Operating Service) running clandestine operations between Shetland and Norway. For this he was awarded the highest honours that Norway could award a foreigner. His own naval experiences in wartime and those in peacetime as an experienced sailor and boatmaker in Shetland, allow him to write with great understanding about a battle amidst the perils of the sea,
Additional information
GOR003773127
9781900624039
1900624036
Trafalgar: The Nelson Touch by David Howarth
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
19970313
192
N/A
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