Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed The World

A New York Times Bestseller A Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, History Book Club, and Military History Book Club In this breathtaking account of the Battle of Trafalgar, Roy Adkins stunningly evokes the unsurpassed violence of 19th-century naval warfare. Drawing on a broad range of primary source material, Adkins captures as never before the harsh conditions in which sailors lived and died, the mechanics of nautical combat, and the human costs of the conflict.