Nelsons Trafalgar Captains And Their Battles

Author : T. A. Heathcote
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1781596174
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nelson's Trafalgar Captains and Their Battles written by T. A. Heathcote and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-11-19 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a biographical dictionary of the two flag officers and captains of 27 battleships, four frigates and two minor combatant vessels that were present under Nelson's command at the historic battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Each officer's family background and naval career will be covered and his and his ship's role in the Battle analyzed. In addition there will be a general introduction.

Author : Roy Adkins
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440627290
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nelson's Trafalgar written by Roy Adkins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle, from the co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018) In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy under Lord Horatio Nelson dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar comes boldly to life in this definitive work that re-creates those five momentous, earsplitting hours with unrivaled detail and intensity.

Author : Colin White
Publisher : Naval Inst Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591148746
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trafalgar Captains written by Colin White and published by Naval Inst Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral Nelson's immortal fame has long overshadowed the memory of those who served with him, and most of those officers are now unknown. This bicentennial tribute rescues the men from obscurity and celebrates their achievements. Colin White, the director of the organizing committee for "Trafalgar 200" and a member of the 1805 Club, presents a biographical survey of all the admirals, captains, and commanding officers who served with Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, together with details of the graves and monuments erected to their memory. Written for a wide readership inspired by the 2005 celebrations, the book opens with a chapter on the concept of the Band of Brothers and looks at how many of the Trafalgar captains had previously served with Nelson. It then gives brief biographies of each of the thirty-eight officers. Of particular interest are the descriptions of the graves and monuments, including transcriptions of the epitaphs based on a survey by members of the 1805 Club. Accompanying the descriptions are photographs and directions to the various sites, giving readers the opportunity to easily visit them.

Author : Roy Adkins
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143037958
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nelson's Trafalgar written by Roy Adkins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle, from the co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018) In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy under Lord Horatio Nelson dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar comes boldly to life in this definitive work that re-creates those five momentous, earsplitting hours with unrivaled detail and intensity.

Author : sir William Beatty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Authentic narrative of the death of lord Nelson written by sir William Beatty and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Captain Peter Hore
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848323565
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nelson's Band of Brothers written by Captain Peter Hore and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there is a perennial interest in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars and in Nelson himself, there is no reference work that chronicles all the captains of his ships, their social origins, their characters and the achievements in their lives beyond their service under Nelson. This new book, researched and written by distinguished historians, descendants of some of Nelson's officers, and members of the 1805 Club, presents concise biographies of those officers who fought with Nelson in his three great battles, with superb colour illustration throughout. Nelson first gave the name of 'band of brothers' to the officers who had commanded ships of his fleet at the battle of the Nile (1798). This new volume will include 100 officers, ranging from lieutenants in command of gunboats at the battle of Copenhagen (1801) through captains of line-of- battle ships at the Nile and at Trafalgar (1805), to admirals in command of squadrons in his fleets. Of real significance are the specially commissioned photographs of all the monuments and memorials to Nelson's captains, descriptions with transcriptions of epitaphs, and clear directions to enable the readers to find them. Part travel book, part biography and moving testimony to Nelson's faithful captains, Nelson's band of Brothers presents the opportunity to rediscover 100 local heroes.

Author : James Davey
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300217323
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Nelson's Wake written by James Davey and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: An “impressive” account of how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon’s ultimate defeat (International Journal of Military History). Horatio Nelson’s celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy’s role in the struggle against Napoleonic France was far from over. This groundbreaking book asserts that, contrary to the accepted notion that the Battle of Trafalgar essentially completed the Navy’s task, the war at sea actually intensified over the next decade, ceasing only with Napoleon’s final surrender. In this dramatic account of naval contributions between 1803 and 1815, James Davey offers original and exciting insights into the Napoleonic wars and Britain’s maritime history. Encompassing Trafalgar, the Peninsular War, the War of 1812, the final campaign against Napoleon, and many lesser known but likewise crucial moments, the book sheds light on the experiences of individuals high and low, from admiral and captain to sailor and cabin boy. The cast of characters also includes others from across Britain—dockyard workers, politicians, civilians—who made fundamental contributions to the war effort, and in so doing, both saved the nation and shaped Britain’s history.

Author : Colin White
Publisher : Greenhill Books
ISBN 13 : 9781861762474
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trafalgar Captains written by Colin White and published by Greenhill Books. This book was released on 2005-09-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biographical survey of all the admirals, captains and commanding officers who served with Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, together with details of the graves and monuments erected to their memory. Nelson's immortal fame has almost completely overshadowed the memory of those who served with him, and with the exception of a few famous names such as Collingwood and Hardy, most of the other commanding officers at Trafalgar are now completely unknown. The bicentenary of the battle, in 2005, offers a unique opportunity to rescue these men from obscurity and celebrate their achievements. The book opens with a chapter on the concept of the Band of Brothers, and looks at how many of the Trafalgar captains had actually served with Nelson before (in fact, very few of them) and highlights some of the main new insights that have emerged as a result of recent research. It then gives brief biographies of each of the thirty-eight officers. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the work is the part given over to descriptions of the graves and monuments, with transcriptions of their epitaphs, based on a survey by members of the 1805 Club; and each description will be accompanied by clear directions to enable readers to find and visit them, and specially-commissioned black and white photographs. Part travel book, part biography and a moving testimony to Nelson's faithful captains, this work will appeal to all Nelson enthusiasts and historians as well as to a wider readership inspired by the bicentennial celebrations in 2005.

Author : Adam Nicolson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061861898
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seize the Fire written by Adam Nicolson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Strikingly original. . . . 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, 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. In October 1805 Lord Horatio Nelson, the most brilliant sea commander who ever lived, led the British Royal Navy to a devastating victory over the Franco-Spanish fleets at the great battle of Trafalgar. It was the foundation of Britain's nineteenth-century world-dominating empire. Seize the Fire is not only a close and revealing portrait of a legendary hero in his final action but also a vivid account of the brutal realities of battle; it asks the questions: Why did the winners win? What was it about the British, their commanders and their men, their beliefs and their ambitions, that took them to such overwhelming victory? 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.

Author : Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1908692421
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Nelson - Vol. II [Illustrated Edition] written by Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-20 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Admiral Mahan, passed away in 1914, his ideas and thoughts lived on in his writings, which spanned the naval strategy of his own times and the lessons learnt from history. They are still read at the modern naval academies and the ideas permeate the teachings at Annapolis. A flag officer in the U.S. Navy who fought during the American civil war for the Union forces, his works have gained a fame that makes him the foremost of the naval historians of the late 1800’s. Of enduring interest is his two volume history of Horatio Nelson, the hero of the Royal Navy and the battle of Trafalgar. An epic and tragic figure in age that abounds with them, the victor of Trafalgar who never lived past that day to see his fame endure is a favourite for biographies, however few are as balanced and detailed as Mahan’s. The second volume of the biography focuses on the years 1800 to 1805, which were an exceptionally trying and busy time for all Royal Navy officers, but also pivotal to Nelson’s development and led to his masterful action at Trafalgar. Nelson’s role in the pre-emptive strike at the Danish fleet at Copenhagen, and his anger nearly boils over with superiors who he considers not forward-thinking or aggressive enough in what was a conservative arm of the forces. Nelson’s life at home is not ignored or passed over and his life with Lady Hamilton and their daughter Horatia are covered although in less details than modern biographies. Finally the epic, tragic and brilliant battle of Trafalgar which ended the French hopes of global dominance by sea but also Nelson’s life. Illustrations – Vice Admiral Nelson, Vice Admiral Nelson, Vice Admiral Hyde-Parker, H.M ships Agamemnon, Captain, Vanguard, Elephant and Victory, Admiral Collingwood, Meeting of Nelson and Wellington, Vice Admiral Lord Nelson, Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy, Horatia (22 year old). Maps – Baltic and approaches, Battle of Copenhagen (2 maps), English channel and North Sea, Sardinia, North Atlantic, Plans of attack of the French and Spanish fleets (2 plans), Plan for the battle of Trafalgar (2 plans), The attack of Trafalgar. Author – Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan 27/09/2010 – 01/12/1914