Maritime power & the struggle for freedom : naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1788-1851
Padfield, Peter, 1932-2003
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Peter Padfield provides an enthralling account of the bloody and dramatic actions which decided the outcome of the Anglo-French wars, showing how and why Great Britain's maritime ascendancy prevailed over Napoleon's land-based empire.
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London : John Murray, 2003.
Collation:
xii, 451 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plan, ports. ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-437) and index.
ISBN:
9780719556654 (hbk)
Dewey class:
359.0094109034A359.009
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English
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BRN:
283825