Trafalgar

Craig, Phil; Clayton, Tim; Craig, Tim Clayton & Phil

ISBN 10 : 1840329580 ISBN 13 : 9781840329582

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Two hundred years ago, Napoleon Bonaparte dominated Europe and threatened Britain with invasion. Against him stood the Royal Navy and the already legendary Admiral Horatio Nelson. On 21 October 1805, a massive naval battle off the coast of Spain decided mastery of the seas. Then, over the following days and nights, the battleships and their exhausted crews endured a gale of awesome fury. As Captain Charles Tyler wrote to his wife Margaret, 'the wind blew a perfect storm'. The authors of the bestselling "Finest Hour" tell this story not only through the diaries, letters and memoirs of the men who wrestled with the enemy and the elements, but also through the eyes of their wives and children. Whether you are already familiar with this period of history or are coming to it for the first time, "Trafalgar" is a book that will enthral as it illuminates an event whose repercussions still echo today.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Phil Craig is a best selling author and multiple-award-winning film-maker.

He studied history at Cambridge university, was a BBC graduate trainee and built his career working for iconic British TV series World in Action and Panorama. Later he held senior positions at the prestigious Brook Lapping production company, at Channel Four, at the Discovery Channel and at ABC Television in Australia where he ran the entire factual output including its high profile ANZAC centenary project. Throughout his TV and writing career Phil has spent many years researching and reinterpreting the story of Britain and its Empire during the Second World War, including his definitive and bestselling account of 1940 - Finest Hour.

He now runs The Scandal Mongers Podcast with his friend and fellow writer Andrew Lownie.

Tim Clayton, a former research fellow at Worcester College, Oxford, is a specialist is eighteenth-century history and culture. He is a leading authority on the printed images of that period. His previous bestselling books include FINEST HOUR, END OF THE BEGINNING and TRAFALGAR, described by the Observer as 'a landmark book'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1840329580
• ISBN 13: 9781840329582
• Reliure: CD
• Nombre de pages: 3
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible