The Battle Of Trafalgar (Pen and Sword Military Classics)

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Summary: An excellent account of the most famous battle.
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Before sitting down to read this book, the first thing I did was read the information on the back cover and then flick through the pages to look at the calibre of diagrams. I stopped a couple of times and instantly learned something. What then followed was an excellent read on a subject which is dear to my heart.

"The Battle of Trafalgar" by Geoffrey Bennett is a paperback book containing 250 pages of all the information you ever wanted to know about this, the most famous of all, naval battles. As a former Captain in the Royal Navy, Geoffrey Bennett is also a highly regarded naval historian and brings to the work a refreshing and knowledgeable approach.

Where so many accounts of various battles often commence with the fleet sailing out of port as they go to meet the enemy, here we have a more complete account of the "before during and after" the battle. Set in the context of the world-wide struggle against Napoleon, Geoffrey Bennett describes the ships, their crews, the tactics and the action itself using just the right amount of diagrams and pictures to support his immensely readable text.

Altogether, a good job well done.

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