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A brutal, action-packed account of the ocean battles of the Napoleonic War by the writer of the bestselling Nelson?s Trafalgar
Roy Adkins (with his wife Lesley) returns to the Napoleonic War in The War for All the Oceans, a gripping account of the naval struggle that lasted from 1798 to 1815, a period marked at the start by Napoleon?s seizing power and by the end by the War of 1812. In such a vivid and visceral account, Adkins draws on eyewitness records to portray not only the battles but also the details of a sailor?s life?shipwrecks, press-gangs, prostitutes, spies, and prisoners of war.
The War for All the Oceans is epic narrative history absolute to appeal to fans of Patrick O?Brian and C. S. Forester, as well as all readers of military and social history.
