Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle
by Adkins, Roy
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition (ex-library)
- ISBN 10
- 0349116326
- ISBN 13
- 9780349116327
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About This Item
Abacus, London, 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Condition (ex-library). First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 392 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This is the true story of the Battle of Trafalgar, Britain's most significant sea battle, as seen through the smoke-hazed gunports of the fighting ships. In an atmosphere of choking fumes from cannon and musket fire, amid noise so intense it was almost tangible, the crews of the British, French and Spanish ships did their best to carry out their allotted tasks. For over five hours they were in constant danger from a terrifying array of iron and lead missiles fired from enemy guns, as well as the deadly wooden splinters smashed from the ships' hulls by the cannon-balls. While the men manoeuvred the ships and kept the cannons firing, the women helped the surgeons tend the sick or helped the boys - the 'powder monkeys' - in the hazardous job of carrying gunpowder cartridges from the central magazine to the gun decks. Trafalgar set the seal on British naval supremacy, which became the mainspring for the growth of the British Empire, and in the short term not only prevented Napoleon from invading Britain, but also enabled Britain and its Continental allies to mount the campaign that would eventually defeat the French Emperor: without Trafalgar there would be no Waterloo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; 19th century; ISBN: 0349116326. ISBN/EAN: 9780349116327. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7059. . 9780349116327
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- Seller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7059
- Title
- Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle
- Author
- Adkins, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0349116326
- ISBN 13
- 9780349116327
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB137 naval battle, britain, france, spain, nelson, napolean, Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; 19th century; ISBN: 0349116326 EAN: 9780349116327 Adkins, Roy Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle
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