Trafalgar

I was gripped by the wealth of detail and humanity in the book... This is how the tales of battles should be told, whatever the time, place or outcome * Emily Mayhew on Waterloo * It is all here - and all told with the same verve, eye for anecdote and command of the material. This is a very good book, and a model of how narrative history should be written... anybody remotely interested in the battle should read * The Spectator on Waterloo * A tremendous tale - one of the most dramatic in our island's history - and O'Keeffe tells it beautifully * The Times on Culloden * Fascinating, meticulously researched, often brutally detailed ... without being there, those times could not be more vividly brought to life than in this tremendous book * Daily Mail on Culloden * A vibrant and vivid tale, of victory, defeat, savage retribution and 'high' art ... In our field one is often inclined to think or say, 'Do we really need another book on Culloden?' However, if they are written as well and as excitingly as Paul O'Keeffe's...then the answer is a resounding 'Yes!' * Robert Woosnam Savage FSA on Culloden *