Seize the Fire
Subtitle: Heroism, Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: August 9, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780060753610
First sentence: At 5.50 on the morning of 21 October 1805, just as dawn was coming up, the look-outs high on the mainmasts of the British fleet spied the enemy, about twelve miles away downwind.
Description: The author examines the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets in 1805, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic.