Lee Nelson and Napoleon

The Long Haul to Trafalgar
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ISBN: 978-0-571-32168-1
Verlag: Faber & Faber
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

Horatio Nelson is Britain's greatest naval hero; Trafalgar, in 1805, her greatest naval victory. Nelson and Napoleon, first published in 2005, is the story of how Britannia came to rule the waves for more than a hundred years. Christopher Lee re-examines the myths of Trafalgar, plotting Napoleon's overweening ambition to invade England and Nelson's single-minded dedication to seeking glory. He shows how Villeneuve had worked out Nelson's famous plan of attack, and demonstrates how the battle could easily have turned the other way. Lee also paints a vivid picture of the protagonists: particularly of the creation of a national hero in Nelson and his intense rivalry with Napoleon. 'Christopher Lee's vivid and painstaking account cuts through the folklore, replacing it with wonderful insights into early nineteenth-century Britain and Europe.' Daily Express

Christopher Lee

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Christopher

Leseproben

Chronology
Date Major World
Events Nelson Napoleon Other Events 1757 Robert Clive conquers Bengal 1758 Horatio Nelson born in Burnham Thorpe Rectory, Norfolk Reappearance of Halley’s comet 1759 Victory against the French at Quebec and death of General James Wolfe Josiah Wedgwood starts Burslem Pottery James Brindley designs the Worsley-
Manchester canal, the first man-made canal in Britain 1760 George III succeeds to the throne 1762 Rousseau’s Social Contract and Émile published 1763 End of the Seven Years War Dr Johnson and Boswell meet 1764 Spinning Jenny invented by James Hargreaves 1766 Oliver Goldsmith’s Vicar of Wakefield published 1767 First publication of the National Almanac, an important navigational aid 1768 The Royal Academy of Arts is founded 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica Captain James Cook lands on Tahiti before discovering New South Wales a year later 1770 In North America, the ‘Boston Massacre’ Nelson joins the British navy 1773 The Boston Tea Party Richard Arkwright builds his first spinning mill (factory) Captain Cook killed in Hawaii 1775 American War of Independence (to 1783) 1777 British surrender at Saratoga ...