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Trafalgar
Roy Adkins
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Description for Trafalgar
Paperback. * A superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
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A superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson
21 October 1805: Britain, under Nelson, mastered the sea for six hours, annihilating her French and Spanish opponents. In Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle, Roy Adkins embraces the battle, its prelude and its...
Product Details
Publisher
Orbit & Abacus
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349116327
SKU
V9780349116327
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99-99
About Roy Adkins
Roy Adkins is a historian and archaeologist, who lives in Devon and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. He is author of the bestselling Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle. Together with his wife, Lesley Adkins, he has also published...
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First-rate... quite fascinating and filled with glimpses of the humanity of the men who fought so coolly yet ferociously. His account of the battle is a gripping album of snapshots from the quarterdecks and gundecks of the ships themselves. Truly it is a most eclectic, engaging book
Allan Mallinson
Spectator
Masterful... a compelling account...
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Spectator
Masterful... a compelling account...