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Publicado por D.A. Orde, Northumberland, UK., 1997
ISBN 10: 1858214939ISBN 13: 9781858214931
Librería: Dalton Young Booksellers, Fowey, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Subtitled Concerning Pride, Preferment, and Prize Money. As the 18C drew to a close, a number of eminent sailors vied for the prestigious Mediterranean command - Vice Admiral Sir John Order, Lord St. Vincent, Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, and Nelson himself. Rivalry aplenty, and the conflict between Orde and St. Vincent was personal, not least over the appointment in 1798 of Nelson to command a Mediterranean squadron to follow Napolean's Fleet - a position which placed him above more senior officers such as Orde. The author brings this enmity amid the Anglo-French sea war between 1793 and 1805 vividly to life. Exact and informative, and redolent with the spectacle and excitement of naval warfare, this extensive biography covers an important subject from an original angle with style, intelligence and authority. A very good clean tight copy, in a good unclipped jacket. 232 p. Book.