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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... King , Series Editor Foreword by Dean King Introduction by Michael A. Palmer AN OWL BOOK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY NEW YORK H Henry Holt and Company , LLC Publishers since 1866.
... King , Series Editor Foreword by Dean King Introduction by Michael A. Palmer AN OWL BOOK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY NEW YORK H Henry Holt and Company , LLC Publishers since 1866.
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... King Introduction copyright © 1999 by Dr. Michael A. Palmer All rights reserved . Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Pope , Dudley . Decision at Trafalgar / by Dudley Pope . - 1st Heart of oak ed . p . cm . ( Heart ...
... King Introduction copyright © 1999 by Dr. Michael A. Palmer All rights reserved . Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Pope , Dudley . Decision at Trafalgar / by Dudley Pope . - 1st Heart of oak ed . p . cm . ( Heart ...
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... King . Heart of Oak , etc. -DAVID GARRICK Source : C. H. Firth , Naval Songs and Ballads . Publications of the Navy Records Society , vol . XXXIII ( London , 1908 ) , p . 220 . CONTENTS FOREWORD BY DEAN KING ix INTRODUCTION BY DR .
... King . Heart of Oak , etc. -DAVID GARRICK Source : C. H. Firth , Naval Songs and Ballads . Publications of the Navy Records Society , vol . XXXIII ( London , 1908 ) , p . 220 . CONTENTS FOREWORD BY DEAN KING ix INTRODUCTION BY DR .
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... KING ix INTRODUCTION BY DR . MICHAEL A. PALMER xiii AUTHOR'S PREFACE 3 I : PICKLE COMES HOME II : PRICE OF VICTORY III : JUMPING " THE DITCH " IV : MARTIAL MUDDLE V : THE NAVIES VI : SALT - PORK DAYS VII : NAPOLEON SNUBBED VIII : THE ...
... KING ix INTRODUCTION BY DR . MICHAEL A. PALMER xiii AUTHOR'S PREFACE 3 I : PICKLE COMES HOME II : PRICE OF VICTORY III : JUMPING " THE DITCH " IV : MARTIAL MUDDLE V : THE NAVIES VI : SALT - PORK DAYS VII : NAPOLEON SNUBBED VIII : THE ...
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... latter particularly for his brave and daring comparison of Nelson to a cur- rent popular culture icon . That , I leave to you to discover . -Dean King INTRODUCTION D UDLEY POPE did not write naval history as FOREWORD xi.
... latter particularly for his brave and daring comparison of Nelson to a cur- rent popular culture icon . That , I leave to you to discover . -Dean King INTRODUCTION D UDLEY POPE did not write naval history as FOREWORD xi.
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