01037nam a2200169Ia 4500 20250718142142.0 250718s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9780060753627 940.2745 NIC Nicolson, Adam Seize the Fire Harper Perennial 2006 384 pages 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. 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? History ENGLISH 576234 576234 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL 7B 2025-07-18 0 940.2745 NIC 493414 2025-07-18 14:21:42 2025-07-18 ENGLISH