The Trafalgar Companion: A Guide To History's Most Famous Sea Battle And The Life Of Admiral Lord Nelson

The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on October 21 1805 off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast between the combined fleets of Spain and France and the Royal Navy. The last great sea action of the period it established British naval supremacy and ended the threat of French invasion. The Trafalgar Companion not only chronicles the campaign and the battle itself in unprecedented detail but it also charts Admiral Lord Nelsons life and career as well as his death at the height of the battle. Providing a wealth of background details on contemporary naval life seamanship gunnery tactics and much else the narrative is supplemented by informative sidebars 200 color illustrations and stage-by-stage battle diagrams.