Happy Trafalgar Day!

On 21 October 1805, Admiral Lord Nelson and the British Navy crushed the combined French and Spanish fleets off the coast of Spain at a place called Trafalgar.

(Above: Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour on Trafalgar Day)

Read more about Nelson andTrafalgar at YOUR Library:

Adkins, Roy. Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed The World. DA88.5 1805 A35 2005

Churchill, Winston. Heroes Of History. D107 C63

Howarth, David. Lord Nelson: The Immortal Memory. DA87.1 N4 H63 1989

Mahan, A.T. The Life Of Nelson: The Embodiment Of The Sea Power Of Great Britain. DA87.1 N4 M3 1968

Marcus, Geoffrey. The Age Of Nelson: The Royal Navy 1793-1815. DA88 M27

Sontag, Susan. The Volcano Lover: A Romance. PS3569 O6547 V6 1992

Southey, Robert. Life of Nelson. DA87.1 N4 S7 1969