In Nelson's wake : the navy and the Napoleonic Wars
Davey, James2017
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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.
Main title:
In Nelson's wake : the navy and the Napoleonic Wars / James Davey.
Author:
Davey, James, authorNational Maritime Museum (Great Britain), associated with work
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
Collation:
xxi, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Published in association with the National Maritime Museum.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300228830 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1083320
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