Author: Richard Humble
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1612008097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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“A most readable and interesting work . . . deserves a place on the shelves of anyone interested in war at sea during the Great French Wars.” —Nautical Research Journal On the four sides of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, serried tablets display the names of 660 honored commanders of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Most are those of generals and marshals of the French Army—but 26 of them are those of admirals, commanders of the fleets of Republican and Napoleonic France. In Napoleon’s Admirals, Richard Humble presents not only their individual stories, but an entirely new appraisal of the Anglo-French naval war of 1793-1814: the longest sea war in modern history. Many myths are exploded in this book—from the long-held idea that aristocratic officers of the French Navy emigrated en masse when the Revolution came, leaving the Navy leaderless and doomed to repeated defeats at sea, to the popular British belief that the naval war ended with Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar. Of the 26 “Admirals of the Arc,” 23 had learned their trade in the French royal and merchant navies of the ancien régime. Republican France could call on a wide range of seasoned combat veterans from the American Revolutionary War (1778-83), whose stories are a revelation in themselves. In his account of the men who imposed such a strain in on the world’s greatest Navy for 21 years, Richard Humble has provided a remarkable addition to the well-worn pages of conventional naval history. “Not only authoritative; it makes a very enjoyable and instructive read.” —The Napoleon Series “Fills a major gap in this largely neglected period in French naval history.” —International Journal of Maritime History
Author: Richard Humble
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1612008097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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“A most readable and interesting work . . . deserves a place on the shelves of anyone interested in war at sea during the Great French Wars.” —Nautical Research Journal On the four sides of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, serried tablets display the names of 660 honored commanders of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Most are those of generals and marshals of the French Army—but 26 of them are those of admirals, commanders of the fleets of Republican and Napoleonic France. In Napoleon’s Admirals, Richard Humble presents not only their individual stories, but an entirely new appraisal of the Anglo-French naval war of 1793-1814: the longest sea war in modern history. Many myths are exploded in this book—from the long-held idea that aristocratic officers of the French Navy emigrated en masse when the Revolution came, leaving the Navy leaderless and doomed to repeated defeats at sea, to the popular British belief that the naval war ended with Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar. Of the 26 “Admirals of the Arc,” 23 had learned their trade in the French royal and merchant navies of the ancien régime. Republican France could call on a wide range of seasoned combat veterans from the American Revolutionary War (1778-83), whose stories are a revelation in themselves. In his account of the men who imposed such a strain in on the world’s greatest Navy for 21 years, Richard Humble has provided a remarkable addition to the well-worn pages of conventional naval history. “Not only authoritative; it makes a very enjoyable and instructive read.” —The Napoleon Series “Fills a major gap in this largely neglected period in French naval history.” —International Journal of Maritime History
Author: Tim Voelcker
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843834316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Detailed investigation of the key role played by Admiral Saumarez in the continuing naval warfare against Napoleon.
Author: Richard Humble
Publisher: Casemate
ISBN: 9781612008080
Category : History
Languages : en
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Richard Humble presents an entirely new appraisal of the Anglo-French naval war of 1793-1814: the longest sea war in modern history
Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Author: Fahed Aslan Agha Al Barazi
Publisher: novum pro Verlag
ISBN: 3990648861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Sweeping in scope and insightfully written, this biography of Napoleon Bonaparte covers the great man's political and military career in great detail, while also discussing his personal life from infancy, including his genealogy, upto his death at age 52. (Volume I of II)
Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1251
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte is a biographical account based on years of intimate friendship and professional association of the author with Napoleon. Bourrienne, the author of this memoir met Bonaparte at the Military Academy at Brienne in Champagne when eight years old. His book gives a vivid, intimate, detailed account of his interactions with Napoleon and his mother, brothers and sisters, with his first wife Joséphine de Beauharnais and her children. His narrative is invigorated by many dialogues, not only of those in which he was a speaker but even of conversations that he only was told about by others. As an author, Bourrienne tired to put his friendship with Napoleon aside and to be balanced. He gives many examples of Napoleon's brilliance, his skill at governance, and his deft political maneuvers, while deploring his inexorable grabs for personal and familial power and wealth, his willingness to sacrifice French lives, and his abhorrence of a free press.
Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 336832909X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Reproduction of the original.
Author: Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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