00982nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200180007610000190009424500190011326000270013230000140015950006510017365000120082420250718142142.0250718s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780060753627  a940.2745bNIC  aNicolson, Adam 0aSeize the Fire  bHarper Perennialc2006  a384 pages  aIn 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. Adam Nicolson's 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?  aHistory