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ADKINS, ROY Trafalgar. The Biography of a BattleLondon, Little, Brown. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316725110). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in fine condition. On the endpapers the pattern of sails and the standing rigging, masts and decks of a 100-gun ship of line. xxiii, 392pp, including Ships and their Captains, Selected Reading, Bibliography and Index. With frontispiece, 10 colour, 32 black-and-white illustrations and maps and plans. In 1805 Nelson mastered the sea for the six hours of the Battle of Trafalgar, annihilating her French and Spanish opponents. The battle is described with first-hand accounts where sixty ships fought at terrifyingly close quarters, the scenes of jubilant celebration that followed the triumph of battle, and the hysterical mourning that greeted the tragedy of Nelson's death. Fine/Fine.
Offered for GBP 14.00 = appr. US$ 22.90 by: Clent Books of Bewdley - Book number: 6907
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