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Trafalgar
- Author
- Roy Adkins
- Narrator
- John Telfer
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 22 October 2020
- Run Time
- 13 hours 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
21 October 1805: Britain, under Nelson, mastered the sea for six hours, annihilating her French and Spanish opponents. In Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle, Roy Adkins embraces the battle, its prelude and its aftermath, in a narrative that is at once scholarly and breathtakingly exciting.
'At least the equal to Stalingrad in blood, pace and telling detail' Independent on Sunday
'Masterful... a compelling account' Bernard Cornwell, Mail on Sunday
'First-rate... quite fascinating and filled with glimpses of the humanity of the men who fought so coolly yet ferociously' Allan Mallinson, Spectator
Critics Review
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First-rate... quite fascinating and filled with glimpses of the humanity of the men who fought so coolly yet ferociously. His account of the battle is a gripping album of snapshots from the quarterdecks and gundecks of the ships themselves. Truly it is a most eclectic, engaging book
Spectator
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Masterful... a compelling account
Mail on Sunday
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Blazing... also boasts a welcome twist to the genre with a lacing of black humour... At least the equal to Stalingrad in blood, pace and telling detail
Independent on Sunday
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Details
- Author
- Roy Adkins
- Narrator
- John Telfer
- Duration
- 13 hours 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 October 2020
- ISBN
- 9780349144597
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Specific wars and military campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), History
Synopsis
A superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson21 October 1805: Britain, under Nelson, mastered the sea for six hours, annihilating her French and Spanish opponents. In Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle, Roy Adkins embraces the battle, its prelude and its aftermath, in a narrative that is at once scholarly and breathtakingly exciting. 'At least the equal to Stalingrad in blood, pace and telling detail' Independent on Sunday'Masterful... a compelling account' Bernard Cornwell, Mail on Sunday'First-rate... quite fascinating and filled with glimpses of the humanity of the men who fought so coolly yet ferociously' Allan Mallinson, Spectator
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