Terror Before Trafalgar Nelson, Napoleon, and the Secret War

Name: Terror Before Trafalgar Nelson, Napoleon, and the Secret War
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ISBN: 9780393350111

ISBN-10: 0393350118

ISBN-13: 9780393350111

Edition: N/A

Authors: Tom Pocock

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Behind the scenes of Napoleon's threatened invasion of England, a war of wits known as "The Great Terror." In 1801, as Napoleon's Grande Armee faced an army of English volunteers across the Channel, a secret war of espionage and subversion was being fought by shadowy men with little-known names. New weaponsrockets, submarines, and torpedoeswere being developed in France by the American inventor Robert Fulton. Even during the lull of the Peace of Amiens, when English tourists flocked to Paris, the secret war continued. Drawing on diaries, letters, and newspapers, Tom Pocock provides a wonderful picture of the years 1801-5, and of the people caught up in these unique events: Nelson blockading…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long
Weight: 1.474
Language: English