Men of Honour

Informationen zum Autor Adam Nicolson is the author of many books on history, travel and the environment. He is winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the British Topography Prize and lives at Sissinghust Castle in Kent. Klappentext An unforgettable look at the contradictions of heroism! as embodied by Horatio Nelson and as tested by the battle of Trafalgar. Adam Nicolson looks at the variety of qualities - ruthlessness! bravery! kindness! cruelty - that combined in both Nelson and his troops to carry that fateful day. Zusammenfassung An unforgettable look at the contradictions of heroism! as embodied by Horatio Nelson and as tested by the battle of Trafalgar. Adam Nicolson looks at the variety of qualities - ruthlessness! bravery! kindness! cruelty - that combined in both Nelson and his troops to carry that fateful day.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Nicolson
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2006
• EAN: 9780007192656
• ISBN: 978-0-00-719265-6
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, horatio nelson, HISTORY / Europe / Western, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Western Europe, C 1700 To C 1800, Western Continental Europe