Trafalgar

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-967926-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 224 mm x 146 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

Reihe: Great Battles

Trafalgar: the full story of one of the most famous naval engagements in history

During the Napoleonic War, the British Royal Navy faced French and Spanish fleets off the South-Western coast of Spain in one of the most recognised naval engagements in history. In the latest instalment of the Great Battles series, John B. Hattendorf orients readers to the battle of Trafalgar.

In Trafalgar, Hattendorf places equal emphasis on all sides of the conflict and its legacy. His focus on initial reports of the battle highlights the ways in which these records differ, complement and contribute to broader, historical accounts in order to illustrate the variety and range of commemorations that took shape across different artistic outlets in the years that followed. Hattendorf considers Trafalgar's appearance in popular culture through contemporary poetry, pamphlets, newspapers, caricatures and popular prints, and addresses the battle's presence in professional naval cultures around the world. With its focus on interpretation, close analysis and scholarly research, this new volume in the Great Battles series offers an engaging overview of Trafalgar's memorialisation throughout the years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hattendorf, John B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: The Trafalgar Campaign, January- August 1805

- 2: The Battle: Prelude and Immediate Aftermath, September-November 1805

- 3: The News of Trafalgar

- 4: Trafalgar in Painting, Sculpture, and Monuments

- 5: Trafalgar in British Popular Culture

- 6: Trafalgar in World Naval Cultures

- 7: National Commemorations

- 8.: The 19th- and Early 20th Century Historians' Trafalgar

- 9.: The Modern Historians' Trafalgar

- Bibliography

- Picture Acknowledgements

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

John B. Hattendorf is the Ernest J. King Professor Emeritus of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College. He is currently a Visiting Research Scholar at the College's eponymous John B. Hattendorf Centre for Maritime Historical Research. A former U.S. Naval officer, he earned his degrees in history from Kenyon College (A.B., L.H.D.), Brown University (A.M.), and Pembroke College, University of Oxford (D.Phil., D.Litt.). The author, editor, co-author, or co-editor of more than fifty books, his numerous awards include the Caird Medal of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (2000), the American Library Association's Dartmouth Medal (2007), the U.S. Navy's Distinguished Civilian Service Medal (2016), the Anderson Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the Society of Nautical Research (2017), and the Gold Medal of the Royal Swedish Society for Naval Sciences (2025).