Seize the Fire – Heroism, Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar

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Seize the Fire – Heroism, Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar:
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· Title: Seize the Fire –Heroism, Duty, and The Battle of Trafalgar· Author: AdamNicolson·Edition: Hardcover, First Edition·Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (New York) ·Copyright: 2005·Printing: 2005·Dimensions in inches: 9.25 x 6.25 x 1.25 (341 pages)·ISBN: 0-06-075361-7

In Seize theFire, Adam Nicolson, author of the widely acclaimed God’s Secretaries,takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British andFranco-Spanish fleets on October 1805, and uses it to examine our idea ofheroism and the heroic. Isviolence a necessary aspect of the hero? And daring? Why did the cult of thehero flower in the late 18th and 19th centuries in a wayit hadn’t for 200 years? Was thefigure of Nelson – intemperate, charming, theatrical, anxious, impetuous,considerate, indifferent to death and danger, inspirational to those aroundhim, and, above all, fixed on attack and victory – an aberration inEnlightenment England? Or was thegreatest of all English military heroes simply the product of his time, “theconjurer of violence” that England, at some level, deeply deeded?

It is a story richwith modern resonance. This was abattle fought for the control of a global commercial empire. It was won by the emerging Britishworld power, which was widely condemned on the continent of Europe as “thearrogant usurper of the freedom of the seas.” Seize the Fire not onlyvividly describes the brutal realities of battle but enters the hearts andminds of the men who were there; it is a portrait of a moment, a close andpassionately engaged depiction of a frame of mind at a turning point in worldhistory.

Contents:

Part One:Morning

-Zeal

-Order and Anxiety

-Honour

-Love

-Boldness

Part Two:Battle

-Violence

-Humanity

-Nobility

Hardcover edition with dust-jacket in FINEcondition, with strong binding, bright boards, and sharp corners. All pages arefree from any writings, markings, tears, or pastedowns. Text block and pagesare tight and clean, with no soiling, creasing, dog-ears or markings.

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