Adkins Roy. Nelson’s Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World

Penguin Books, 2006. — 392 p.In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy under Lord Horatio Nelson dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar (1805) comes boldly to life in this definitive work that re-creates those five momentous, ear splitting hours with unrivaled detail and intensity.