The Line Upon A Wind: An Intimate History of the Last and Greatest War Fought at Sea Under Sail: 1793-1815 - Softcover

Mostert, Noel

 
9780712609272: The Line Upon A Wind: An Intimate History of the Last and Greatest War Fought at Sea Under Sail: 1793-1815
Softcover
ISBN 10: 071260927X ISBN 13: 9780712609272
Verlag: Vintage Publishing, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

In February 1793 France declared war on Britain and Holland and by 1815, established dynasties and kingdoms were overthrown, the United States had been established as a world power and a new age was dawning. This was to be the longest, hardest and cruellest war ever fought at sea and while the war on land saw the rise of the greatest soldier ever known - Napoleon Buonaparte - the war at sea had the formidable genius of Horatio Nelson. In The Line Upon A Wind, Noel Mostert has achieved a work of unparalleled research and illuminating analysis. He has also brought us the story of the daily lives of the sailors on board the fighting ships. There are heroes and villains, captains so harsh that crews were goaded to mutiny and others whose concern for the welfare of their crews changed life at sea forever. It is a tale of ordinary men and extraordinary bravery, of the building and navigation of fearsome warships and of a period of tumultuous conflict, change and innovation - maritime history at its very best.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Noel Mostert is the author of the acclaimed Frontiers (1992). He is Canadian, born in Cape Town. He served as military correspondent with Canadian forces in Europe and was United Nations correspondent for the Montreal Star, based in New York with a roving international assignment. He has contributed journalism and short stories to numerous American publications and is the recipient of several awards for his writing, including Columbia University's National Magazine Award for articles in the New Yorker. He lives in Tangier.

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Verlag
Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
071260927X
ISBN 13 
9780712609272
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800
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