Nelson Against Napoleon: From the Nile to Copenhagen 1798-1801 - Hardcover

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9781840673616: Nelson Against Napoleon: From the Nile to Copenhagen 1798-1801

Synopsis

This volume is the second of five covering the whole of the French Revolution, Napoleonic and 1812 Wars based on contemporary images, a series depicting the reality of warfare under sail in a depth never previously attained. Features a stunning collection of 300 contemporary images, many illustrations previously unpublished, and introductory essays and thematic text boxes by well-known authorities.

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About the Author

General editor Robert Gardiner. Contributions by Roger Morriss, author "The Royal Dockyards in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars" and a forthcoming biography of Admiral Sir George Cockburn, and David Lyon, author of "The Sailing Navy List" and "The First Destroyer".

From the Inside Flap

This volume is devoted to the great wars of 1793-1815, and charts the naval events of 1798 to 1801, a period which saw Napoleon's frustration before Acre, and which included two of Nelson's greatest victories, at the Nile and Copenhagen.

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Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9781557506429: Nelson Against Napoleon: From the Nile to Copenhagen, 1798-1801 (Chatham Pictorial Histories Series)

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ISBN 10:  1557506426 ISBN 13:  9781557506429
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr, 1997
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