NELSONS BATTLES (HB)

Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war. As well as being a brilliant study of those naval battles, this book also makes a close study of the admiral's art which developed faster than at any time since the previous century and led to Britain's mastery of the seas for more than 100 years.