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Seize the Fire
- Heroism, Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar
- Narrateur(s): Adam Nicolson
- Durée: 6 h et 26 min
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Description
"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 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.
Ce que les critiques en disent
"So ripping I faced the classic ocean-voyage quandary. Halfway through, my supply of pages dwindling, I started to ration." (The New York Times Book Review)