ancient_skipper: Trafalgar

Trafalgar
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF HOW IT HAPPENED: TRAFALGAR

Over 50 first-hand accounts of the greatest sea battle in history

Edited by Jon E. Lewis

Contents

Chronology of the Age of Fighting Sails, 1758-1815
Chronology of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
Introduction
Part One: Prelude: Nelson and the War of the French Revolution, 1793-1801
Part Two: The Long Watch: Nelson and the Napoleonic War, 16 May 1803-2o October 1805
Part Tree: England’s Glory: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
Part Four: Aftermath
Appendix I: The Battle of Trafalgar: A History
Appendix II: Naval Strategy and Tactics at the Time of Trafalgar
Appendix III: Tables of Battlefleet Tonnage and Strength, 1790-1815
Appendix IV: Life and Death in the Royal Navy, 1793-1811
Appendix V: The Early Life and Career of Nelson
Sources
Select Bibliography

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esteven@lj
2006-06-12 17:58 (ссылка)

Where have you been. I had missed your posts,even though I cannot read them 90 per cent of the time. :D
Thank you for drawing my attention to this book. When you write that it has Over 50 first-hand accounts of the greatest sea battle in history, would these accounts only be English, or French and Spanish too, would they only be from officers or also from the foremast jack?
Did you know they will rebuild the Santisima Trinidad (http://servicios.diariosur.es/pg060521/prensa/noticias/Turismo/200605/21/SUR-TUR-169.html)?
The ship will be built in the last shore shipyard left in Bermeo, which belongs to Paco Mendieta. The building of the ship will take three years and dozens of people will work on it.
They hope to have it finished by mid-2010 and consider it the biggest challenge they have taken on.

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	ancient_skipper@lj 2006-06-13 09:47 (ссылка)
	Hi, Steven (though i not shure it's real name) Glad to see you here again. Accounts are not entirely british, also french and spaniish, but of course mostly british. You sure unaware of this book? 2005 Robinson London (Ответить) (Уровень выше) (Ветвь дискуссии)

	esteven@lj 2006-06-13 13:42 (ссылка)
	though i not shure it's real name That's true, but esteven will do nicely. I guess your name is not "ancient_skipper" either. :D I'm afraid, I have not heard of the book, so thank you again for drawing my attention to it. I had a look at amazon.com and it sounds like I would like to read it, so I will order it soon. (Ответить) (Уровень выше) (Ветвь дискуссии)

	ancient_skipper@lj 2006-06-13 14:42 (ссылка)
	My name is very easy - Victor. I'm glad that you looking sometimes at my journal -sorry for bad emglish (Ответить) (Уровень выше) (Ветвь дискуссии)

	esteven@lj 2006-06-13 15:07 (ссылка)
	Your English is fine,so there is no need to apologize. After all it is a second language to you and cannot have been easy. Whenever I can read your lj,I like to read it because you always come up with very interesting books and suggestions. (Ответить) (Уровень выше)

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