Product details
ISBN
9781590130421
Published
2004-03-01
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press; McBooks Press
Weight
531 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
140 mm
Thickness
31 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
406
Author
Biographical note
David Donachie is an avowed lover of naval fiction with a stroke of mischief, and he has lately published a multivolume biographical novel about Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton. Writing as Tom Connery, he is the author of the popular Markham of the Marines novels. A Scot by birth, he lives in Deal on the Channel coast of England."The strength of Donachie's writing lies in his convincing dialogue that brilliantly conveys the personalities of Nelson and Hamilton. The author certainly has done his homework . . . historical facts are very cleverly intertwined into the story." --Bookpleasures.com
It's 1784 and Nelson is sent to the Caribbean to enforce the hated Navigation Acts. While there, he marries Fanny Nisbet. Ordered next to the Mediterranean, he engages in a string of spectacular naval battles: Cape St Vincent, Tenerife, and the Nile. The ravages of war take their physical toll on Nelson, even as he gains the fame and honor he desperately craves.
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A compelling read and a probing expostion of the working of the British navy in the late 18th century.—Edward Cline
Product details
ISBN
9781590130421
Published
2004-03-01
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press; McBooks Press
Weight
531 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
140 mm
Thickness
31 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
406
Author