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Zusatztext [Adkins's] painstaking digging! sifting! arranging and questioning take him everywhere on Nelson's fleet ... His account of the battle is a gripping album of snapshots from the quarterdecks and gun decks of the ships themselves ... A most eclectic but engagi Informationen zum Autor Roy Adkins is a historian and archaeologist, who lives in Devon and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. He is author of the bestselling Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle . Together with his wife, Lesley Adkins, he has also published several other successful books on history and archaeology, including Jack Tar, The War for All the Oceans and The Keys of Egypt. Their books have been translated so far into seventeen languages. Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England is their latest book and is available now in paperback. Their website is www.adkinshistory.com and their blog is http://blog.adkinshistory.com/. Roy is available for interviews and talks. Klappentext A superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson Vorwort A superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson Zusammenfassung A superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson
