Trafalgar

	Author(s): Best, Nickolas Publisher: Weidenfeld + Nicolson Format: Hardcover List Price:  $32.95
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Overview:
Two hundred years ago Napoleon Bonaparte planned to lead his Grande armee to Britain, the only country still defying him. He drilled his huge invasion force at Calais, studied the cliffs of Dover through 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 twenty-four hours, he would be master of Europe. Nicholas Best recreates the terrible tension and uncertainty of the navel campaign that led to the most famous sea fight in history. Nicholas Best's original research draws on a wide range of eyewitnesses to craft a truly gripping minute-by-minute account of the most famous sea battle of all time.

Category: Military