Nelson the Commander - Couverture souple

Bennett, Geoffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141391294 ISBN 13 : 9780141391298

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2002

Synopsis

Geoffrey Bennett served in the Royal Navy for 35 years and had the unusual experience of crewing a replica ship-of-the-line; he is therefore well qualified to describe the great age of fighting sail, its ships and weapons and how they were manned, and the strategy and tactics of the Napoleonic wars. His analysis of Nelson's campaigns and battles is the first by a professional naval officer since that of Admiral Mahan in 1897. Captain Bennett sets Nelson's failures at Tenerife and Boulogne against his triumphs at Cape St Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar and he does not minimise the consequences of Nelson's passion for Emma Hamilton.

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À propos de l?auteur

Captain Geoffrey Bennett RN (1909-1983) served in the Royal Navy from 1923 until 1958, during which time he was for three years Naval Attaché in Moscow. He is the author of several distinguished books on the history of naval warfare, including THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, CORONEL AND THE FALKLANDS, THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE and NAVAL BATTLES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR which is also published in Penguin Classic Military History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0141391294
• ISBN 13: 9780141391298
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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