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| Titre : | Sharpe's Trafalgar
Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 |
| Auteur : | Bernard Cornwell |
| Édition : | Harpercollins, 2001 |
| Format : | livre de poche
livre cartonné, 2.6 x 24.2 x 16.4 cm |
| Pages : | 371
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| Description : |
A dazzling nautical adventure that finds Bernard Cornwell's beloved ensign Richard Sharpe in the middle of one of history's
most spectacular naval engagements: the battle at Cape Trafalgar off the coast of Spain.
The year is 1805, and Richard Sharpe, having completed his tour in India (Sharpe's Tiger; Sharpe's Triumph; Sharpe's
Fortress), is headed back to England, where he will join a newly formed regiment, the Green Jackets. Traveling aboard
Captain Peculiar Cromwell's East Indiaman cargo ship, the Calliope, is the lovely Lady Grace Hale, whose regal presence
may provide intrigue and distraction from what promises to be an otherwise uneventful voyage home.
But nothing is uneventful in the life of Richard Sharpe, even at sea: the Calliope is captured by a formidable French
warship, the Revenant, which has been terrorizing British nautical traffic in the Indian Ocean. The french warship races
toward the safety of its own fleet, carrying a stolen treaty that, if delivered, could provoke India into a new war against
the British -- and render for naught all that Sharpe has fought for so bravely till now. But help comes from an unexpected
quarter. An old friend, a captain in the Royal Navy, is on the trail of the Revenant, and Sharpe comes aboard a 74-gun
man-of-war called Pucelle in hot pursuit.
Then Admiral Horatio Nelson arrives, with his magnificent fleet of twenty-seven. What results is a breathtaking retelling
of one of the most ferocious and one-sided sea battles in European history, in which Nelson -- and Sharpe -- vanquish the
combined naval might of France and Spain at Trafalgar.
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| Titre : | Decision at Trafalgar |
| Série : | Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series |
| Auteur : | Dudley Pope |
| Édition : | Henry Holt & Company, 1998
Owl Books, 1999 |
| Format : | livre de poche, 2.6 x 21.1 x 14 cm |
| Pages : | 358
320 |
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| Description : |
The story of the greatest British naval battle of the Age of Nelson.
Renowned historian and novelist Dudley Pope explores the defining moment of the Age of Nelson. His compelling descriptions
of the battle itself are backed by a wealth of historical detail, including a chronicle of the preceding year, revealing
both the British and the French political motives, and explaining Nelson's strategy and Napoleon's response. Pope creates
an intimate portrait of the life in the Royal Navy at its finest hour.
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| Titre : | Trafalgar : The Nelson Touch |
| Auteur : | David Howarth |
| Édition : | The Windrush Press, 1997 |
| Format : | livre de poche, 1.2 x 23.3 x 15.1 cm |
| Pages : | 192 |
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Nelson is portayed as a leader with uncommon touch for bold military strategy and even more uncommon touch for leading men
with affection and raport. This book also portrays the battle of Trafalgar in the terrible ways of naval battle with 800
men ships demolishing eachother at point blank range. The background and mood of the times are compelling.
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| Titre : | The Campaign of Trafalgar 1803-1805 |
| Série : | Chatham Pictories Histories |
| Auteur : | National Maritime museum |
| Éditeurs : | Robert Gardiner, Roger Morriss |
| Édition : | Naval Institute Press, 1998
United States Naval Inst., 1998 |
| Format : | livre cartonné, 1.9 x 25.2 x 29.7 cm |
| Pages : | 192 |
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| Description : |
Trafalgar, one of the most famous and strategically significant victories of the age of the sail, was not an isolated
event, but rather a culmination of a campaign that began as soon as war was resumed in May 1803, the ultimate aim being
the invasion of Great Britain by Napoleon and his allied forces. This book examines the campaign and demonstrates the
workings of seapower and reveals that, however great a strategic genius on land, Napoleon never really grasped the
principles of British maritime defense.
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| Titre : | Trafalgar : Countdown to Battle, 1803-1805 |
| Auteur : | Alan Schom |
| Édition : | Oxford Univ Press, 1992 |
| Format : | livre de poche, 2.4 x 20.3 x 13.7 cm |
| Pages : | 421 |
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Early on the morning of October 21st, 1805, the British Fleet, commanded by Admiral Lord Nelson, encountered the French
navy a few miles off the Spanish coast near Cape Trafalgar. As it became clear that a fight was inevitable, the French
and English ships drew into battle formation. Aboard his flagship Victory, Nelson offered his famous laconic signal to
his seamen -- "England expects that every man will do his duty" -- and gave the order to fire. After over six hours of
bloody exchanges the British had achieved an overwhelming victory, Nelson -- his fame assured for the ages -- lay dead
from a sniper's bullet, and Napoleon's dreams of an invasion of England were forever dashed.
Because of its dramatic nature -- the one-sidedness of the British victory, Nelson's death at the very moment of triumph
-- Trafalgar has often been viewed as an isolated feat on the part of the great English commander, or at best the result
of a naval campaign begun only months earlier. But as Alan Schom shows in his widely-acclaimed book Trafalgar: Countdown
to Battle 1803-1805, this apocalyptic showdown was actually the result of a strategy laid out by the British Admiralty
two years earlier, when Napoleon issued orders for the creation of what would have become the largest army flotilla ever
before assembled. The Emperor's aim was to invade the British Isles with a force of over 167,000 men conveyed aboard
nearly 2,400 vessels -- his plan was successfully thwarted not because of the tactical genius of Lord Nelson on a single day
of battle, but rather because of the brilliant strategy and remarkable perseverance of the hitherto unsung hero Admiral Sir
William Cornwallis.
Until now the facts surrounding this unprecedented military buildup have been largely ignored or misinterpreted by
historians. In fashioning his brilliant and gripping reinterpretation of the events leading to the famous battle, Alan
Schom has mined the rich and previously unexplored archives of England and France to place Trafalgar in its true historical
scope and context. He shows convincingly how Cornwallis (brother of Lord Cornwallis who surrendered to Washington at
Yorktown) conducted a brilliant blockade of the French fleet both at Brest and off Spain, effectively ruining Napoleon's
invasion plans. He also demonstrates the importance of Prime Minister William Pitt who mustered a powerful army to defend
England's shores, while reinvigorating a run-down and demoralized Royal Navy. And by letting them speak across the years
from the journals and memoirs they left behind, Schom brings a rich and varied cast of characters to life -- from
politicians, admirals, and generals, to the common soldiers and sailors of both sides.
This book is far more than just a naval history. It tells the compelling story of the centuries-old French-British rivalry
as it appproached its culmination at the dawn of the nineteenth century. Marvelously written, Trafalgar brings a freshness
to an episode often recounted but never before fully understood.
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| Titre : | Trafalgar |
| Collection : | Wordsworth Collection |
| Auteur : | John Terraine |
| Éditions : | Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998
NTC/Contemporary Publishing, 1999 |
| Format : | livre de poche |
| Pages : | 224 |
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| Description : |
An illustrated book describing the most famous battles of all time, which shattered Napoleon's dreams of invading England.
Amplifying the accounts of the battle is a lengthy selection of contemporary eye-witness accounts. It is not just the
story of the morning and afternoon in which Nelson and Collingwood smashed the combined fleets of France and Spain, but
also that of a complex campaign of which Trafalgar was the climax. It shows that the protagonists were not Admirals
Villeneuve and Nelson, but Napoleon and the British naval tradition.
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| Titre : | Trafalgar |
| Série : | Great Battles and Sieges |
| Auteurs : | Richard Balkwill, Fred Anderson (Illustrator) |
| Éditions : | Prentice Hall & IBD, 1993
Zoe Books, 1993 |
| Format : | livre cartonné |
| Pages : | 32 |
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| Description : |
A description of all the events that led to the battle of Trafalgar, with
details of the battle and its aftermath. Illustrated with full colour artwork and photographs throughout.
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