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 | #744085 in Books |  Atheneum |  1990-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.50 x6.60 x1.50l, | File type: PDF | 421 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| History in depth|By Philip Jones|Forgive the pun. This book is often a riveting page-turner. In other places the detail is a bit off-putting, although serious historians will appreciate the thoroughness of description. The author particularly wants to rehabilitate the reputation of Sir William Cornwallis, brother of Lord Cornwallis of Yorktown. Sir William was admiral of th|From Publishers Weekly|Schom ( Emile Zola ) argues that England's greatest naval victory, the 1805 battle of Trafalgar, resulted from the breakdown of Napoleon's scheme to invade Great Britain. Linking the French preparations for invasion, the "Great Terror" of

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...

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