John Terraine; producer and writer for BBC documentaries ("The Great War"; 1963) uses both secondary and primary sources (Including eye-witness accounts; some appearing here for the first time) for his account of the decisive Trafalgar battle pit Napoleon's navy against the "British naval tradition". It contains a generous amount of black and white and color illustrations and some charts and maps.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book!By A. D. McDonaldOne of my all time favorite books. I have worn through the paperback copy so am treating myself to hardcover. Great outline of the history of reading through interesting narratives and anecdotes.48 of 49 people found the following review helpful. A Magpie's Nest of Bookish TreatsBy bibliomane01"A History of Reading" is an eclectic collection of essays on books; bibliophiles; bibliophobes; bibliokleptomanes; printing; translation; censorship; reading glasses and the Heian period in Japan. A browser's delight; it can also be devoured in a single sitting (guilty). From reading aloud to reading silently and from the physical pleasures of a book's shape; binding and smell to the less corporeal qualities of books that prompted Pinochet's Chile to ban "Don Quixote" as subversive; Alberto Manguel's bibiomanic panorama is a thoroughly enjoyable celebration of one of life's greatest pleasures. In it; the reader will encounter Callimachus of Cyrene; who worked in the "vanished library" of Alexandria and laid the foundations for what we know today as the library catalogue; compare and contrast the difffering approaches to public readings of Charles Dickens and Pliny the Younger; and decide once and for all whether it is preferable to read lying down or at a desk. Tolle; lege!2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Amazing depth of knowledge!By Susan K.The interesting; incidental trivia of literacy is presented in a most intriguing manner. This was far more interesting than I initially expected; and definitely worth reading.
