Nelson Offer British Admirals Of The Napoleonic Wars And Precursors Of Nelson

Author : Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, Limited
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781861763013
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nelson Offer; British Admirals of the Napoleonic Wars and Precursors of Nelson written by Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, Limited and published by . This book was released on 2006-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Le Fevre
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781861762061
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Admirals of the Napoleonic Wars written by Peter Le Fevre and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Nelson was the most prominent naval officer of the age, he was only the most successful of a outstanding group of commanders that led the Royal Navy to its unprecedented success in the wars of 1793-1815. The contribution of his contemporaries has been neglected, however, largely because so few admirals have received proper modern study. This volume sets out to adjust the record by providing a series of in-depth biographical essays of the most important figures, each written by a well-known specialist in the field. Since every chapter was commissioned specially for this book, the coverage has been organised to dovetail perfectly, resulting in a coherent history of the art of command in the sailing navy at its apogee. At around 10,000 words, each essay is substantial and allows the author scope for both detail and argument. Each of the contributors is a recognized authority and the resulting book is largely based on original and unpublished research. Following the pattern of the well-received Precursors of Nelson, this book is a major contribution to the naval history of the great French wars. It will become required reading for every historian of the period.

Author : Nicholas Tracy
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nelson's Battles written by Nicholas Tracy and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracy (history, U. of New Brunswick) is a specialist in naval warfare especially during the age of sail. He presents an account of British Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson's (1758-1805) military career that should please Nelson fans and readers new to or old in the naval warfare. He reviews Nelson's earl

Author : Geoffrey Jules Marcus
Publisher : New York : Viking Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Nelson; the Royal Navy, 1793-1815 written by Geoffrey Jules Marcus and published by New York : Viking Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Le Fevre
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811729017
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Precursors of Nelson written by Peter Le Fevre and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to some of the most picturesque sites in the Grand Canyon and northern Arizona with detailed instructions for finding the spot for a perfect picture. Includes products and services for the surrounding areas.

Author : Tim Voelcker
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843834316
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Admiral Saumarez Versus Napoleon written by Tim Voelcker and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed investigation of the key role played by Admiral Saumarez in the continuing naval warfare against Napoleon.

Author : Ruddock F. Mackay
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843834995
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hawke, Nelson and British Naval Leadership, 1747-1805 written by Ruddock F. Mackay and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2009 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the key leadership qualities which underpinned Britain's naval victories in the eighteenth century.

Author : Roger Knight
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141977027
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain Against Napoleon written by Roger Knight and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Roger Knight, established by his multi-award winning book The Pursuit of Victory as 'an authority ... none of his rivals can match' (N.A.M. Rodger), Britain Against Napoleon is the first book to explain how the British state successfully organised itself to overcome Napoleon - and how very close it came to defeat. For more than twenty years after 1793, the French army was supreme in continental Europe, and the British population lived in fear of French invasion. How was it that despite multiple changes of government and the assassination of a Prime Minister, Britain survived and won a generation-long war against a regime which at its peak in 1807 commanded many times the resources and manpower? This book looks beyond the familiar exploits of the army and navy to the politicians and civil servants, and examines how they made it possible to continue the war at all. It shows the degree to which, as the demands of the war remorselessly grew, the whole British population had to play its part. The intelligence war was also central. Yet no participants were more important, Roger Knight argues, than the bankers and traders of the City of London, without whose financing the armies of Britain's allies could not have taken the field. The Duke of Wellington famously said that the battle which finally defeated Napoleon was 'the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life': this book shows how true that was for the Napoleonic War as a whole. Roger Knight was Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum until 2000, and now teaches at the Greenwich Maritime Institute at the University of Greenwich. In 2005 he published, with Allen Lane/Penguin, The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson, which won the Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military History, the Mountbatten Award and the Anderson Medal of the Society for Nautical Research. The present book is a culmination of his life-long interest in the workings of the late 18th-century British state.

Author : Evan Wilson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030257002
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighteenth-Century Naval Officers written by Evan Wilson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the lives and careers of naval officers across Europe at the height of the age of sail. It traces the professionalization of naval officers by exploring their preparation for life at sea and the challenges they faced while in command. It also demonstrates the uniqueness of the maritime experience, as long voyages and isolation at sea cemented their bond with naval officers across Europe while separating them from landlubbers. It depicts, in a way no previous study has, the parameters of their shared experiences—both the similarities that crossed national boundaries and connected officers, and the differences that can only be seen from an international perspective.

Author : A. B. McLeod
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 184383751X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Naval Captains of the Seven Years' War written by A. B. McLeod and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book discusses captains' career development, the opportunities for making money and reputation, how they looked after their crews, and how they were controlled by the Admiralty. It argues that the navy in this period was highly efficient, with promotion being primarily based on merit.