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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... never see us but they wish us away : If they run , why we follow , and run them on shore , For if they won't fight us , we cannot do more . Heart of Oak , etc. They swear they'll invade us , these terrible foes , They'll frighten our ...
... never see us but they wish us away : If they run , why we follow , and run them on shore , For if they won't fight us , we cannot do more . Heart of Oak , etc. They swear they'll invade us , these terrible foes , They'll frighten our ...
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... never tried his hand at biography . His take on Nelson as a whole might well have been extraordinary . But Pope stuck to his histories ( and later to his novels ) . In 1959 , his Decision at Trafalgar was a well - researched , balanced ...
... never tried his hand at biography . His take on Nelson as a whole might well have been extraordinary . But Pope stuck to his histories ( and later to his novels ) . In 1959 , his Decision at Trafalgar was a well - researched , balanced ...
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... never previously been published . The papers are at present in the custody of his cousin , Mr. John Carnegie , for whose help I am also grateful . The Misses Duff , of Bolton Gardens , South Kensington , descen- dants of Captain George ...
... never previously been published . The papers are at present in the custody of his cousin , Mr. John Carnegie , for whose help I am also grateful . The Misses Duff , of Bolton Gardens , South Kensington , descen- dants of Captain George ...
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