Robin Jenner's book Eighteen Lives From The Eighteenth Century introduces the reader to the lives and careers of eighteen people who made their mark in the eighteenth century. Whilst some of the eighteen will be well known to many; Dr Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen and Captain James Cook, others will be less well known and yet their influence on the century and indeed our lives since, is immense. For most people the Battle of Trafalgar is synonymous with Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, but how many know of his second in command, Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, who was the first to engage the enemy and became the senior British officer when Nelson was cut down by a French bullet? This book is an essential read for those who wish to know more about the eighteen influential characters described in this book or for the serious historian.