TRAFALGAR: AN EYEWITNESS HISTORY

Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B75985

English Summary/英文概要： The battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, in which the British fleet routed French and Spanish ships off the coast of Spain, marked the final defeat of Napoleon’s plot to invade Britain - and made Nelson his nation’s greatest hero, even though it cost him his life. This book brings together first-hand accounts of the lead-up to battle, the horrors of the conflict and its aftermath. It is a story told through the letters, diaries and naval documents - many previously unpublished - of the people who witnessed it, from Nelson and his officers to the crews from both sides. They show sad farewells between sailors and their loved-ones; the pursuit of the French navy; the tension of waiting as the fateful day dawns; carnage and chaos in the heat of the battle as guns fire from all sides; and Nelson’s agonizing death on the Victory after being hit by a musket ball. Vivid, exciting and moving, this graphic recreation tells the very human story behind these historic events.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 特拉法尔加海战是帆船海战史上以少胜多的一场漂亮的歼灭战，也是19世纪规模最大的一次海战。纳尔逊在这场海战中敢于突破陈旧的战斗序列理论，运用灵活机动的战术，使法国和西班牙联合舰队一败涂地。纳尔逊非凡的胆略和高超的指挥艺术，使他成为一代名将而功垂史册。英吉利民族为他而深感自豪。他的敌人拿破仑对他也是推崇备至的，当听到纳尔逊的死讯后，拿破仑当即命令在每艘法国的军舰上，都应挂上纳尔逊的画像，是为纪念他，同时也是以他作为法军学习的榜样。这从一个例子，也反应出拿破仑所具有的统帅气质和大将风度。此后不久，随着蒸汽动力战舰的出现，一个新的时代马上就要到来了。英国军事理论家富勒在《西洋世界军事史》中评价说：“无论从那一方面来说，特拉法尔加海战都是一个值得记忆的会战，它对于历史具有广泛的影响。它把拿破仑征服英国的梦想完全击碎了。一百年来的英法海上争霸战从此告一结束。它使英国获得了一个海洋帝国，这个帝国维持达一个世纪以上。

特拉法尔加海战打破了拿破仑进攻英国本土的计划，它确立了英国在此后100年中的海上霸权，给普鲁士、俄国、奥地利那些被拿破仑打得心惊胆战的君主们打了一针强心剂。就像英国历史学家威尔逊在《剑桥近代史》中所说的那样：“特拉法尔加海战在1799年到1813年的拿破仑战争中，是一场有着决定性意义的会战。”(SANDY)

Awards/获奖情况：A fantastic and informative book that not only gives a great insight into one of this country’s greatest heroes and battles but Nelson captains , officers , and men the conditions of the time at sea and a very interesting description of the grief felt throughout the country at Nelsons death and his funeral.

About the Author/作者介绍： 汤姆•波考克曾发表过18部，（和编辑过两本多）书籍，在这些作品中大多以传记为主，但也包括了他任战时记者的经历。1925年生于伦敦的波考克，父亲是一位小说家和教育家，曾在维斯特敏斯特和伯恩茅斯大学受过良好的教育，1943年加入英国皇家海军。在诺曼底登陆战期间，因身体不适而退役，1945年他成为一名年仅19岁的二战最为年轻的战地记者。在接下来的四年时间里，他为一家杂志社撰写时事新闻，之后成为《每日邮报》的专栏作家，1952年，波考特成为《泰晤士报》的海军随军记者。1956年，他作为《每日快报》的驻外特派专栏记者，1959年开始，波考特成为了《伦敦晚报》的国防专栏作家和战地记者。在最后十年时光里，波考特荣任《旗帜报》的社论撰稿人。波考特在1967年发表的第一部海军军事传记《纳尔逊和他的世界》，描述了在亚丁湾发生的冲突事件，而作者本人也对纳尔逊充满了浓厚的兴趣，乃至于之后的八部作品都围绕着这位英国历史上著名的海军上将和他同时代的人物。1987年，他因发表的《霍雷德•布雷肖》一书，而获得惠特布雷德传记奖。汤姆•波考克为许多杂志撰写过文章，并经常出现在有关纳尔逊电视纪录片有关的节目上。

Tom Pocock is the author of 18 books (and editor of two more), mostly biographies but including two about his experiences as a newspaper war correspondent. Born in London in 1925 - the son of the novelist and educationist Guy Pocock - he was educated at Westminster School and Cheltenham College, joining the Royal Navy in 1943. He was at sea during the invasion of Normandy and, having suffered from ill-health, returned to civilian life and in 1945 became a war correspondent at the age of 19,the youngest of the Second World War. After four years wth the Hulton Press current affairs magazine group, he moved to the Daily Mail as feature-writer and then Naval Correspondent, becoming Naval Correspondent of The Times in 1952. In 1956, he was a foreign corresponent and special writer for the Daily Express and from 1959 was on the staff of the Evening Standard,as feature writer,Defence Correspondent and war correspondent. For the last decade of his time on the Standard he was Travel Editor. He wrote his first book, NELSON AND HIS WORLD in 1967 on his return from reporting the violence in Aden and his interest in Nelson has continued. Indeed, eight of his books are about the admiral and his contemporaries; his HORATIO NELSON was runner-up for the Whitbread Biography Award of 1987. Tom Pocock has contributed to many magazines and appeared on television documentaries about Nelson and the subject of another of his biographies,the novelist and imperialist Sir Rider Haggard.

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