This superbly illustrated book describes one of the most famous naval battles of all time, which shattered Napoleon's dreams of invading England. Amplifying the details of the battle is a lengthy selection of contemporary eye-witness accounts specially compiled for this book which paint a fresh picture of the maritime engagements of the Napoleonic wars.
This is the story not just of the morning and afternoon in which Nelson and Collingwood smashed the combined fleets of France and Spain, but also that of a complex campaign of which Trafalgar was the climax. It shows that the protagonists were not Admirals Villeneuve and Nelson, but Napoleon and the British naval tradition.