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FACT: Defeat for the Royal Navy at Trafalgar would have led to invasion and enemy occupation.
FACT: Nelson was mortally wounded early in the battle and was removed from the action.
FACT: Vice-Admiral Collingwood, second in command, led the British fleet to victory and saved the nation from a French dictatorship.
Andrew Griffin’s book tells the compelling story of a man driven by a sense of duty to King and Country. Cuthbert Collingwood, born on the banks of the River Tyne in Newcastle in 1748, went to sea at the age of twelve and rose to become the second highest ranking official in the Royal Navy.
His career may not have been as high-profile as his close friend Horatio Nelson but his achievements (modestly understated by Collingwood) would be equally significant. Before, during and after Trafalgar, Collingwood worked tirelessly and effectively to protect Britain from the very real foreign threat.
His rise and sad
demise is told against the historical backdrop of the Georgian period
when life at sea was hard, ruthless and unforgiving.
Published
by Mouth of the Tyne Publications 2004
Reprint May 2005
Price £6.75
+ p&p
130 pages with illustrations.
ISBN 0-9548698-0-X