Nelson and the Nile: The Naval War Against Bonaparte 1798
by Brian Lavery
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The Battle of the Nile, fought on 1 August 1798, was Nelson's first great victory and dealt a fatal blow to Napoleon Bonaparte's ambitious in the Middle East. But the battle itself was only the decisive event in a campaign of many months, upon the outcome of which depended the domination of the Mediterranean and the whole strategic situation in Europe. In this book. Brian Lavery places the Battle of the Nile in its full strategic context, showing the interplay of military and political show more factors that sent Nelson's squadron into the Mediterranean in pursuit of the powerful French invasion fleet. This was also Nelson's first independent fleet command, and the author shows the development of his command style and the forging of the esprit de corps which was later to triumph at Trafalgar. It also provides a fascinating and detailed insight into the nature and conditions of naval war in the Age of Sail. from the strain felt by fleet commanders, isolated from higher authority and starved of information of the enemy, to the daily lives of the sailors and the tactics used in battle. All these strands of the story are brought seamlessly together to present the most thorough. detailed, fascina show lessTags
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A pretty good book about Nelson and the Battle of Aboukir Bay, although the campaign and the battle take up about two-thirds of the book. The last hundred pages bring the reader around the Mediterranean and up to Britain for the next two years and tend to get repetitive. But overall a fairly good book.
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Brian Lavery is Curator of Naval History at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1998
- People/Characters
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson; Napoleon Bonaparte
- Important places
- Aboukir Bay
- Important events
- Age of Sail; Georgian Era (1714 | 1837); Napoleonic Wars (1793 | 1815); Battle of the Nile (1798-08-01 | 1798-08-03)
- First words
- It was February 1798, or 'Pluviose', the 'rainy month' as the French Revolutionaries had aptly renamed it in their new, secular calendar, when General Napoleon Bonaparte left Paris by coach, to begin an eight-day tour of nort... (show all)hern France.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But fleet battles are a thing of the distant past and there will never be a repetition of the events 1 and 2 August 1798, when, amid the shoals of Aboukir Bay, the result of a contest between two modestly-sized sailing squadrons changed the balance of world power, literally overnight.
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 355 — Society, government, & culture Public administration & military science The Military - Land, Air & Sea / Warfare
- LCC
- DC226 .N5 .L38 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Modern, 1515- Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1789-1815
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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