Nelson’s Battles

 
From the publishers:
Nelson is a household name in Britain, the man who won the Battle of Trafalgar and established British naval supremacy for 100 years. His career was full of such impressive victories, and his boldness and dramatic initiative were renowned and controversial both in his own time and today.
 
This book studies his career as an admiral, examining not just Trafalgar but the battles of St Vincent, The Nile and Copenhagen, in order to give a fuller picture of how the legendary leader developed his tactics and gained experience against the French. In addition, the author provides an analysis of the development of the admiral's art, which developed more in the last years of the eighteenth century than ever before. Carrying the study beyond Nelson's last battle, Tracy also examines the aftermath and the impact Trafalgar had on future naval history, and the effects of the Royal Navy's efforts to copy Nelson's tactics.
 
A member of the History Department of the University of New Brunswick, Nicholas Tracy has written extensively on the age of sail, particularly naval strategy and military operations in this period. He has carried out studies for the Canadian Department of National Defence, and is an experienced yachtsman.