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020			_a9780060753627
082			_a940.2745 _bNIC
100			_aNicolson, Adam
245		0	_aSeize the Fire
260			_bHarper Perennial _c2006
300			_a384 pages
500			_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?
650			_aHistory
942			_cENGLISH
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