Trafalgar: The Biography of a Battle - Tapa blanda

Trafalgar

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(Wellington, Nueva Zelanda)

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Descripción Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 416 pages.This is the true story of the Battle of Trafalgar, Britain's most significant sea battle, as seen through the smoke- hazed gunports of the fighting ships. In an atmosphere of choking fumes from cannon and musket fire, amid noise so intense it was almost tangible, the crews of the British, French and Spanish shi ps did their best to carry out their allotted tasks. For over fiv e hours they were in constant danger from a terrifying array of i ron and lead missiles fired from enemy guns, as well as the deadl y wooden splinters smashed from the ships' hulls by the cannon-ba lls. While the men manoeuvred the ships and kept the cannons firi ng, the women helped the surgeons tend the sick or helped the boy s - the 'powder monkeys' - in the hazardous job of carrying gunpo wder cartridges from the central magazine to the gun decks. Trafa lgar set the seal on British naval supremacy, which became the ma inspring for the growth of the British Empire, and in the short t erm not only prevented Napoleon from invading Britain, but also e nabled Britain and its Continental allies to mount the campaign t hat would eventually defeat the French Emperor: without Trafalgar there would be no Waterloo. Nº de ref. del artículo: 3097b

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