Decision at Trafalgar: The Story of the Greatest British Naval Battle of the Age of NelsonThe story of the greatest British naval battle of the Age of Nelson. |
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... Admiralty , the reader meets William Marsden , the overworked secretary of the Board of the Admiralty , still laboring in the early morning hours of November 6 , 1805. It is from this very room , we are told by Pope , that the Admiralty ...
... Admiralty , the reader meets William Marsden , the overworked secretary of the Board of the Admiralty , still laboring in the early morning hours of November 6 , 1805. It is from this very room , we are told by Pope , that the Admiralty ...
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... Admiralty building . Amidst these furnishings , which had themselves mutely witnessed the passing of so much history , staggers a tired , bedrag- gled Lieutenant Lapenotiere , who bluntly informs Marsden : " Sir , we have gained a great ...
... Admiralty building . Amidst these furnishings , which had themselves mutely witnessed the passing of so much history , staggers a tired , bedrag- gled Lieutenant Lapenotiere , who bluntly informs Marsden : " Sir , we have gained a great ...
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... Admiralty and the massive wooden ships that carried out its bidding , and to portray life afloat in the year 1805 . The victory off Cape Trafalgar was unique in many ways . Nelson , its victor and victim , was the first and last man to ...
... Admiralty and the massive wooden ships that carried out its bidding , and to portray life afloat in the year 1805 . The victory off Cape Trafalgar was unique in many ways . Nelson , its victor and victim , was the first and last man to ...
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... Admiralty at the time of the battle ; and Sir William Codrington , Bt . , for permission to use material con- cerning Captain Codrington of the Orion . I have also to thank the descendants of Captains Tyler and Blackwood for their ...
... Admiralty at the time of the battle ; and Sir William Codrington , Bt . , for permission to use material con- cerning Captain Codrington of the Orion . I have also to thank the descendants of Captains Tyler and Blackwood for their ...
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