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Author: Tim Clayton
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint: Hodder Paperback
Dimensions:
Width: 13.60cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 19.70cm
Weight: 0.310kg
ISBN: 9780340898031
ISBN 10: 0340898038
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 12 June 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Accessible, well researched, and a true literary masterpiece. Mountbatten Maritime Award engaging and original, Tars is an impressive book that deserves a wide readership. International Journal of Maritime History 'Ideal for fans of Patrick O'Brien' Bookseller Excellent ... comprehensively researched, vividly written and judiciously argued. Wonderfully detailed pen portraits ... Much new material from French and Spanish sources gives a rounded picture ... it is this perspective from both sides of the battle that makes the book so compelling. Saul David, Daily Telegraph on TRAFALGAR A landmark book. Observer on TRAFALGAR Vivid and compelling ... an account of significant importance. Naval Review on TRAFALGAR
'Accessible, well researched, and a true literary masterpiece.' -- Mountbatten Maritime Award 'engaging and original, Tars is an impressive book that deserves a wide readership.' -- International Journal of Maritime History 'Ideal for fans of Patrick O'Brien' -- Bookseller 'Excellent ... comprehensively researched, vividly written and judiciously argued. Wonderfully detailed pen portraits ... Much new material from French and Spanish sources gives a rounded picture ... it is this perspective from both sides of the battle that makes the book so compelling.' -- Saul David, Daily Telegraph on TRAFALGAR 'A landmark book.' -- Observer on TRAFALGAR 'Vivid and compelling ... an account of significant importance.' -- Naval Review on TRAFALGAR
'Accessible, well researched, and a true literary masterpiece.' -- Mountbatten Maritime Award 'engaging and original, Tars is an impressive book that deserves a wide readership.' -- International Journal of Maritime History 'Ideal for fans of Patrick O'Brien' -- Bookseller 'Excellent ... comprehensively researched, vividly written and judiciously argued. Wonderfully detailed pen portraits ... Much new material from French and Spanish sources gives a rounded picture ... it is this perspective from both sides of the battle that makes the book so compelling.' -- Saul David, Daily Telegraph on TRAFALGAR 'A landmark book.' -- Observer on TRAFALGAR 'Vivid and compelling ... an account of significant importance.' -- Naval Review on TRAFALGAR
Author Information
Tim Clayton has written extensively on nineteenth and twentieth-century cultural history.
