France. Marine - The war for all the oceans: from Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo

The war for all the oceans: from Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "The war for all the oceans: from Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...148

Table of Contents

PENGUIN BOOKS THE WAR FOR ALL THE OCEANS

Roy and Lesley Adkins are both historians and archaeologists and Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Between the two of them, theyve written Nelsons Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World, The Keys of Egypt: The Race to Crack the Hieroglyph Code, and Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon.

To find out more, please visit www.adkinshistory.com.

Praise for The War for All the Oceans

Engrossing... The Adkinses display such superb technological knowledge of their subject.... A superior work of maritime history that both scholars and general readers should enjoy. Booklist

In this vivid history, the husband-and-wife historians... illuminate aspects of life at war and on the home fronts, quoting from diaries, letters, and journals. Sumptuous storytelling re-creates the first worldwide war.... This real-life action will delight fans of fictional heroes from the same warsHoratio Hornblower (C. S. Forester) and Richard Sharpe (Bernard Cornwell).

Kirkus Reviews

Meticulously researcheddrawing on extensive and intimate eyewitness accounts from contemporary journals, letters and memoirsthis lively narrative will delight students and fans of nautical history. Publishers Weekly

A rollicking, patriotic account of the Napoleonic wars that will go down well with Master and Commander fans. The Telegraph

Lesley and Roy Adkins deserve our gratitude for allowing some of these sturdy souls to speak again so vividly. The Observer (London)

Very readable and lively. There are tales of derring-do alongside portraits of characters such as the brilliant, eccentric naval commander Sir Sidney Smith.

Financial Times

One of the many strengths of this book is the way that it is not just the captains and commanders who speak to us through the numerous firsthand accounts that the authors weave into their narrative, but also the seamen and the prostitutes thus conveying a sense of the Great Wars human dimensions, as well as the official history, the black humor as well as the bravery, the devilry as well as the sheer dogged determination to survive and win this hellish war. Salon

"The stories in this book evoke the romance of seafaring in the age of wooden ships and muzzle-loading guns. All the original firsthand texts are well-selected and written with verve and clarity. This is fine entertainment. Naval History

A fascinating study... In this action-packed and highly readable book, the narrative rattles along like a C. S. Forester or Patrick OBrian novel, with a wealth of detail about naval life... making this one of the most authoritative but accessible studies of Nelsons navy available. The Geographical Journal

A first-class book, wide in scope and gripping in detail. From diseases to prostitutes to military action, Adkins brings knowledge and power to the subject. It would be difficult to find a more creative book on the British navy during its most tumultuous period. Oxford Times

Full of gripping eyewitness accounts of what happened... We wont spoil the ending but Nelson plays a blinder. Motor Boat & Yachting

Hazardous but often abortive operations, fireships and rocket batteries, primitive torpedoes... such daredevilry comes alivea drama of blazing ships and broadsides and the awesome power of the elements, which even the finest of the many modern fiction interpreters of the era could hardly improve on.

The Sunday Times

"Roy and Lesley Adkins have written a marvelous narrative history....There is no question that sea power contributed mightily to Napoleons defeat, and this fine book drives home that point colorfully. History Book Club

Another masterly work from the Adkinses... a breathtaking journey through one of the most glorious periods. The Herald Express

PENGUIN BOOKS
Published by the Penguin Group
Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A.
Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.)
Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England
Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd)
Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell,
Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd)
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre,
Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India
Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632,
New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd)
Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue,
Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa

Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices:
80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England

First published in Great Britain by Little, Brown Book Group 2006
First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin,
a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2007
Published in Penguin Books 2008

Copyright Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins, 2006

All rights reserved

Maps on pages xvii, xviii, xix, 289, and 413 illustrated by John Gilkes

eISBN : 978-0-143-11392-8

1. Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801Naval operations. 2. Napoleonic Wars, 1800
1815Naval operations. 3. Great Britain. Royal NavyHistory19th century. 4. France.
MarineHistory19th century. I. Adkins, Lesley. II. Title.
DC153.A245 2007
940.2745dc22 2006101017

The scanning, uploading and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the authors rights is appreciated.

http://us.penguingroup.com

To Mick Sharp and Jean Williamson,
photographers and friends
par excellence

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Temple prison in Paris (Naval Chronicle 34, 1815)

Sir Sidney Smith (Author collection)

A plaque marking the burial of the many drowned in the wreck of the Invincible (Lesley and Roy Adkins)

A seaman being taken by the press-gang (The Log Book; or, Nautical Miscellany, 1830)

The north-west side of Diamond Rock (United Service Journal, 1833)

The north-east side of Diamond Rock (United Service Journal, 1833)

Action between a French squadron and Vincejo (Naval Chronicle 34, 1815)

The Dardanelles squadron under the command of Sir John Duckworth (Author collection)

A cannon from the frigate Anson (Lesley and Roy Adkins)

Bitche prison (Langton, 1836)

The Raie-de-Chat near Blankenberge (Boys, 1864)

The memorial at Norman Cross (Lesley and Roy Adkins)

View from Batz up the River Scheldt towards Antwerp (Bourchier, 1873)

The United States defending the Macedonian ( J Frost, The Book of the Navy; comprising a general history of the American Marine, 1843)

The attack on Captain Philip Broke of the

Next page

1234567...148

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «The war for all the oceans: from Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo»

Look at similar books to The war for all the oceans: from Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Jon E. Lewis

Voices From the Napoleonic Wars

Christopher Hibbert

Waterloo: Wellingtons Victory and Napoleons Last Campaign

Carl von Clausewitz

The Russian Campaign of 1812

Sam Willis

The Battle of the Nile: A Ladybird Expert Book

Gareth Glover

The Two Battles of Copenhagen, 1801 and 1807: Britain and Denmark in the Napoleonic Wars

David Cordingly

Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon - The Biography of a Ship of the Line, 1782-1836

Quentin Russell

Mediterranean Naval Battles That Changed the World

Great Britain. Royal Navy

In Nelsons wake: the navy and the Napoleonic wars

Emperor of the French Napoleon I

1812: Napoleons fatal march on Moscow

Duducu

The Napoleonic Wars in 100 Facts

Sam Willis

In the Hour of Victory

William H. Flayhart

Counterpoint to Trafalgar: the Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples, 1805-1806

Discussion, reviews of the book The war for all the oceans: from Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.