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The Line Upon a Wind: The Great War at Sea, 1793-1815 Hardcover - 2008
by Noel Mostert
Mostert's narrative tells the thrilling story of Britain's struggle with Revolutionary France, wherein Napoleon is checkmated by Admiral Horatio Nelson's brilliant naval exploits. 16 pages of illustrations, 6 maps.
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- Title The Line Upon a Wind: The Great War at Sea, 1793-1815
- Author Noel Mostert
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st American Ed
- Pages 800
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Date 2008
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780393066531 / 0393066533
- Weight 2.74 lbs (1.24 kg)
- Dimensions 9.56 x 6.64 x 2.06 in (24.28 x 16.87 x 5.23 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Naval operations, Seafaring life - History - 18th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007039313
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.274
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Citations
- Booklist, 06/01/2008, Page 26
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2008, Page 408
- Publishers Weekly, 05/05/2008, Page 54
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New York: W.W. Norton & Co Inc, 2008 The Great War at Sea 1793-1815.The thrilling story of Britain's death-struggle with Revolutionary France, wherein Napoleon is checkmated by Nelson's brilliant naval exploits.
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New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2008. xxv, 774 pages, [16] pages, illustrations, maps, plans; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Top edge lightly soiled. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "In February 1793 France declared war on Britain, and for the next twenty-two years the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars raged. This was to be the longest, cruelest war ever fought at sea, comparable in scale only to the Second World War. New naval tactics were brought to bear, along with such unheard-of weapons as rockets, torpedoes, and submarines. The war on land saw the rise of the greatest soldier the world had ever known--Napoleon Buonaparte--whose vast ambition was thwarted by a genius he never met in person or in battleL: Admiral Horatio Nelson" - Publisher. CONTENTS: I. THE TACTICAL EVOLUTION. II. THE GREAT WAR, FIRST PHASE, 1793-1805.…
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