Nelson Against Napoleon: From the Nile to Copenhagen, 1798-1801 (Caxton pictorial histories) - Hardcover

 
9781840673616: Nelson Against Napoleon: From the Nile to Copenhagen, 1798-1801 (Caxton pictorial histories)

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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 Features a stunning collection of 300 contemporary images, many illustrations previously unpublished, and introductory essays and thematic text boxes by well-known authorities.

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This volume is devoted to the great wars of 1793-1815 and charts the naval event 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. The book is one of a major series which describes the great maritime events of the pre-photographic era from contemporary paintings, prints, drawings, charts and plans, based on the incomparable collections of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich

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