Battle of Trafalgar - Nicholas Best
The Untold Story of the Greatest Sea Battle in History
KORTE INHOUD
Two hundred years ago Napoleon Bonaparte planned to lead his Grade Armée to Britain, the only country still defying him. He drilled his huge invasion force at Calais, studied the cliffs of Dover trough his telescope, and issued orders to the French naval squadrons in Toulon, Brest and Rochefort to draw off the Royal Navy in the English Channel. If he could be master of the Channel for twentu-four hours, he would be master of Europe.
Nicolas Best recreates the terrible tension and uncertainty of the naval campaign that led to the most famous sea fight in history.
From Bonaparte's headquarters to the admirals' flagships , f'rom William Pitt and de volunteers on the English coast to the lower decks of the British, French and Spanish battleships, we see the story unfold at every level as the fleets manoeuvre for advantage. And when the chase is over and the battlefleets open fire off Cape Trafalgar, the only certainty is that it will be a long and bloody day.
The Franco-Spanish fleet is larger and includes the mo...
Nicolas Best recreates the terrible tension and uncertainty of the naval campaign that led to the most famous sea fight in history.
From Bonaparte's headquarters to the admirals' flagships , f'rom William Pitt and de volunteers on the English coast to the lower decks of the British, French and Spanish battleships, we see the story unfold at every level as the fleets manoeuvre for advantage. And when the chase is over and the battlefleets open fire off Cape Trafalgar, the only certainty is that it will be a long and bloody day.
The Franco-Spanish fleet is larger and includes the mo...
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2005Uitgever: Orion BooksReeks: Insight guides352 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0297846221ISBN-13: 9780297846222Koop dit boek tweedehands
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