In The Hour Of Victory: The Royal Navy At War In The Age Of Nelson
by Sam Willis /
2015 / English / PDF
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The greatest victories from the British Navy's golden age, told
through never-before-seen letters from the officers themselves.
The greatest victories from the British Navy's golden age, told
through never-before-seen letters from the officers themselves.
When Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the
Admiralty ordered that the original dispatches from seven major
fleet battles—The Glorious First of June (1794), St Vincent
(1797), Camperdown (1797), The Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801),
Trafalgar (1805), and San Domingo (1806)—should be gathered
together and presented to the nation. These letters, written by
Britain's admirals, captains, surgeons, and boatswains and sent
back home in the midst of conflict, were bound in an immense
volume, to be admired as a jewel of British history.
When Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the
Admiralty ordered that the original dispatches from seven major
fleet battles—The Glorious First of June (1794), St Vincent
(1797), Camperdown (1797), The Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801),
Trafalgar (1805), and San Domingo (1806)—should be gathered
together and presented to the nation. These letters, written by
Britain's admirals, captains, surgeons, and boatswains and sent
back home in the midst of conflict, were bound in an immense
volume, to be admired as a jewel of British history.
Sam Willis, one of Britain's finest naval historians, stumbled on
this collection by chance in the British Library in 2010 and soon
found that only a handful of people knew of its existence. Willis
here shapes that material into wonderful character portraits of
the commanders on both sides, assessing their strengths and
weaknesses. He also provides concise and illuminating
explanations of the convoluted political circumstances
surrounding each battle as he expertly reinterprets these key
engagements in extraordinary and revelatory detail.
Sam Willis, one of Britain's finest naval historians, stumbled on
this collection by chance in the British Library in 2010 and soon
found that only a handful of people knew of its existence. Willis
here shapes that material into wonderful character portraits of
the commanders on both sides, assessing their strengths and
weaknesses. He also provides concise and illuminating
explanations of the convoluted political circumstances
surrounding each battle as he expertly reinterprets these key
engagements in extraordinary and revelatory detail.
A beautifully dramatic narrative,
A beautifully dramatic narrative,In the Hour of Victory
In the Hour of Victory
tells the story of these naval triumphs as never before and
allows us to hear once more the officer's voices as they describe
the battles that made Britain great.
tells the story of these naval triumphs as never before and
allows us to hear once more the officer's voices as they describe
the battles that made Britain great.