Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: vii, 156 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 27 cm. Subject: Nelson, Horatio Nelson Viscount 1758-1805 Military leadership. Nelson, Horatio Nelson Viscount 1758-1805. Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805. 1 Kg.

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Title

Trafalgar : the Nelson touch / David Howarth

Publisher

Moreton-in-Marsh : Windrush

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

1900624036

ISBN 13

9781900624039

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

First Edition.

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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

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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,

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