Trafalgar The Nelson Touch Author:David Howarth With 13 pages of Illustrations in full color, 76 illustrations in black and white, and 6 maps. The death of Nelson is a well known story, but most people know much less of the battle in which he died: the single afternoon, off the coast of southern Spain, which put an end forever to Napoleon's hope of invading England, and established a supremac... more »y at seaa which lasted until the age of air power...David Howarth's reconstruction of the battle is as masterly and accurate as that of Waterloo in his last book. He uses contemporary sources and many outstanding paintings and sketches to reveal the state of both fleets, the characters of commanders and seamen, and the emotions and complex maneuvers of the battle itself, that precarious moment when a nation's fate was decided. (in pictorial dust jacket, very good condition, 1st American edition)« less