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"Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World" by Roy A. Adkins. I had recently went on the boat the "RRS Discovery" and on the same day "HMS Unicorn"
by Bellend 4y ago
"Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World" by Roy A. Adkins.
I had recently went on the boat the "RRS Discovery" and on the same day "HMS Unicorn" both in Dundee and it got me amazed by the Age of Sail.
The people of those days were made of strong stuff!
I hope to go and see "HMS Victory" of Lord Nelson fame at the end of the year because of that book.
Always looking out for new reading material so love these threads.
- y56366346767 4y agoI hadn't realised until recently that the fleet that Nelson destroyed at Trafalgar was on its way to the English Channel to help Napoleon's army to cross to England. In that way the battle of Trafalgar is directly comparable to the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 and the Battle of Britain in 1940.