Author: Sir Henry John NewboltPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The Year of Trafalgar Being an Account of the Battle and of the Events which Led Up to It, with a Collection of the Poems and Ballads Written Thereupon Between 1805 and 1905
Author: Sir Henry John NewboltPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The Year of Trafalgar
Author: Henry John NewboltPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365423126
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Excerpt from The Year of Trafalgar: Being an Account of the Battle and of the Events Which Led Up to It, With a Collection of the Poems and Ballads Written Thereupon Between 1805 and 1905 The Naval Campaign of 1805 has never yet been made the subject of a separate study in book form. This fact, however noticeable, does not, of course, prove the need for any fresh work of the kind. There are many Lives of Nelson and other historical books in which the Battle of Trafalgar and the events that led up to it fill a certain space and form an important element. If a new history is required, it will probably be supplied several times over during the present year by professional or well-qualified writers. The excuse for the appearance of the present little volume is that it aims at giving to the public something which is not very likely to be offered by anyone else, because it is the direct outcome of a personal point of view. There are some to whom Trafalgar is one of the ever-present scenes of the past, one of the worlds most poignant dramas, and Nelson a name of magic sound, a star of the first magnitude, that rose upon the earliest twilight of youth, and will burn until the dawn that puts all stars and candles out. This is, no doubt, a matter of temperament, but the temperament is not un-English and not uncommon among us: to foster it would be no small service to the Navy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
YEAR OF TRAFALGAR
Author: Henry John Sir Newbolt, 1862-1938Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781374019133
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Author: Henry NewboltYear of Trafalgar
Author: Sir Henry John NewboltPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Year of Trafalgar Being an Account of the Battle and of the Events which Led Up to It, with a Collection of the Poems and Ballads Written Thereupon Between 1805 and 1905
Author: Sir Henry John NewboltPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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The Year Of Trafalgar
Author: Sir John Henry NewboltPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782891528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A happy idea carried to excellent completion by very competent hands is the best description of The Year of Trafalgar, by Henry Newbolt. It is not likely that this year of splendid memory will find a worthier literary tribute than this delightful volume. Mr. Newbolt’s is much more than a familiar story, gracefully retold. He has made an exhaustive study of all the details of the Naval Campaign of 1805, and his narrative is of distinct historical value. As might have been expected, Mr. Newbolt writes with deliberate sobriety and restraint. Great deeds are best told simply, and the last glorious chapter in the life of Nelson needs no literary embellishment. Every danger besetting a task full of difficulty is evaded. He is not laboured, nor pedantic, nor sentimental, but rather tells the great story in a direct and manly way, eminently befitting the subject. His is a book which every boy should read in "Nelson’s year," and no Briton of any age will read it unmoved. It was a happy thought to add to the narrative an anthology of Trafalgar poetry. It is a little curious, as Mr. Newbolt points out, how our greatest warlike achievements have received scant treatment from our poets. The "Victory " has been less fortunate than "The Revenge" or "The Temeraire." Strange that it did not rouse the war-bugle of Campbell to an immortal strain. Of all the verses, Mr. Newbolt’s own are perhaps the best. Some day, we trust, he will give us a song of Nelson to rank in all future patriotic anthologies with his incomparable "Drake’s Drum," "The Fighting Temeraire," and "The Ballad of the Bold Menelaus."—The Bookman 1905.
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Author: The Athenaeum
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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