Trafalgar: battle and aftermath
Trafalgar: battle and aftermath offers a front-row view of the most famous naval battle in history, focusing on the human cost of war. In this vibrant retelling, Paul O’Keeffe traces the course of events both prior and subsequent to the fatal shot that struck Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson at around 1.15 in the afternoon of 21 October 1805.
Paul O’Keeffe
Bodley Head, hbk, 368pp (£25)
ISBN 978-1847921833
Wartime Letters
Kathleen Harriman was the daughter of influential US diplomat W Averell Harriman. A journalist, she accompanied her father on his wartime postings to London and Moscow. Here, Geoffrey Roberts brings together Harriman’s many letters about these extraordinary trips to tell the full story of her wartime life for the first time.
Kathleen Harriman (ed. Geoffrey Roberts)
Yale University Press, hbk, 512pp (£30)
ISBN 978-0300278545
The Scourge of War: the life of William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was one of the best-known Union generals in the American Civil War. Brian Holden Reid explores Sherman’s childhood and education, his development as a battlefield commander, and his life after the war, along with many other events, in this definitive life-and-times biography of the famous military leader.
War Classics – Flashman