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Book Review: Nelson’s Fleet at Trafalgar by Brian Lavery

Two-hundred and two years ago on this day, the British Navy gained one of the most crushing and decisive naval victories in the history of warfare. This victory was the Battle of Trafalgar. Since the two-hundredth anniversary came and went two years ago, a lot of people decided to write ( Read more... )

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I am a history major at university, and my interest in history was definitely stoked by naval literature. Horatio Hornblower when I was a teenager, Jack Aubrey and others authors as of late. So I guess it is unsurprising that I would read the non-fiction side of things.

In my various readings and perusing of bibliographies (okay, and Patrick O’ ( Read more... )

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