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The greatest victories from the British Navy’s golden age, told through never-before-seen letters from the officers themselves.
When Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the Admiralty ordered that the original dispatches from seven major fleet battles―The Glorious First of June (1794), St Vincent (1797), Camperdown (1797), The Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801), Trafalgar (1805), and San Domingo (1806)―should be gathered together and presented to the nation. These letters, written by Britain’s admirals, captains, surgeons, and boatswains and sent back home in the midst of conflict, were bound in an immense volume, to be admired as a jewel of British history.ÂSam Willis, one of Britain s finest naval historians, stumbled on this collection by chance in the British Library in 2010 and soon found that only a handful of people knew of its existence. Willis here shapes that material into wonderful character portraits of the commanders on both sides, assessing their strengths and weaknesses. He also provides concise and illuminating explanations of the convoluted political circumstances surrounding each battle as he expertly reinterprets these key engagements in extraordinary and revelatory detail.
A beautifully illustrated dramatic narrative, In the Hour of Victory tells the story of these naval triumphs as never before and allows us to hear once more the officer’s voices as they describe the battles that made Britain great.
40 illustrations, 2/c throughout with 8 pages of color Author: Sam WillisBinding: HardcoverEAN: 9780393243147Edition: 1ISBN: 0393243141Label: W. W. Norton & CompanyManufacturer: W. W. Norton & CompanyNumberOfItems: 1NumberOfPages: 416PackageQuantity: 1ProductGroup: BookProductTypeName: ABIS_BOOKPublicationDate: 2014-04-28Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyStudio: W. W. Norton & CompanyTitle: In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of NelsonNote: Before to order any Amazon or eBay product please make sure product technically fulfill your need. We are just importing Amazon and eBay products from USA and have no technical support available. Also please read the product reviews on the Amazon before to order. Also to get any kind of warranty or quality check you can contact directly with the original manufacturer or visit their website. We will not provide any kind of support in that.
