Nelson's Battles

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 which played such an important role in Napoleon’s defeat, the book also makes a close study of the admiral’s art which, during the last years o f the eighteenth century, developed faster than at any time since the previous century and led to Britain’s master of the seas for more than 100 years.

Highly readable, concise and insightful, and incorporating the most up-to-date research, this fascinating account of war at sea in the age of sail, culminating in Nelson’s great victories at the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar, will inform scholar and enthusiast alike.