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In Nelson´s Wake: The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars
James Davey
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Description for In Nelson´s Wake: The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 42 color illus. + maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon’s ultimate defeat
Horatio Nelson’s celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy’s role in the struggle against Napoleonic France was far from over. This groundbreaking book asserts that, contrary to the accepted notion that the Battle of Trafalgar essentially completed the Navy’s task, the war at sea actually intensified over the next decade, ceasing only with Napoleon’s final surrender.
In this dramatic account of naval contributions ... Read more
Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon’s ultimate defeat
Horatio Nelson’s celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy’s role in the struggle against Napoleonic France was far from over. This groundbreaking book asserts that, contrary to the accepted notion that the Battle of Trafalgar essentially completed the Navy’s task, the war at sea actually intensified over the next decade, ceasing only with Napoleon’s final surrender.
In this dramatic account of naval contributions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300228830
SKU
V9780300228830
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About James Davey
James Davey is curator of naval history at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. He lives in Greenwich, London.
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