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THE VICTORY OF SEA POWER WINNING THE NAPOLEONIC WAR 1806-1814
by RICHARD WOODMAN , Marine Soc.Award Winner & Forner Merchant Navy etc
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1861760388
- ISBN 13
- 9781861760388
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About This Item
LONDON: CHATHAM PUBLISHING, 1998 Turquoise Boards with gilt titles to spine, 295 x 250 mm approx. 192 pp. Illustrated with many b/w images many not previously published. First Edition.First Print 1998. Published in the Chatham Pictorial Histories Series association with the National Maritime Museum Greenwich and written by Richard Woodman an established author (Nathaniel Drinkwater Series of Novels) and retired mariner this is a detailed account of the British Maritime strategic policy of the period to defend the ever increasing trade that paid for the war-effort and to strike back at the dominant military power of France whenever the opportunity arose. Many incidents of the strategy are covered. Fine/ Fine (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - non price clipped cover £30, supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No notable defects to book or jacket). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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- Title
- THE VICTORY OF SEA POWER WINNING THE NAPOLEONIC WAR 1806-1814
- Author
- RICHARD WOODMAN , Marine Soc.Award Winner & Forner Merchant Navy etc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1861760388
- ISBN 13
- 9781861760388
- Publisher
- CHATHAM PUBLISHING
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- The Napoleonic War, Maritime History, Richard Woodman, Marine Soc.Award Winner & Forner Merchant Navy etc. , French Frigates, British Maritime Power, Seapower, Chatham Pictorial Histories, History, Books on line Brighton,
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