Seize the Fire CD by Adam Nicolson
“Strikingly original. . . . Mr. Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar.”--The Economist
Adam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets in October 1805, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic. A story rich with modern resonance, Seize the Fire reveals the economic impact of the battle as a victorious Great Britain emerged as a global commercial empire.
Nicolson not only vividly describes describes the brutal realities of battle but enters the hearts and minds of the men who were there. HIs masterful history is a portrait of a moment, a close and passionately engaged depiction of a frame of mind at a turning point in world history.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9780060824846 |
| Title | Seize the Fire CD |
| Release date | 2005-09-01 |
| Format | Abridged Audiobook |
| Studio | HarperAudio |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | Adam Nicolson |
| Read by | Adam Nicolson |