Nelson and Napoleon
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Nelson and Napoleon

The Long Haul to Trafalgar

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Nelson and Napoleon

The Long Haul to Trafalgar

About this book

Horatio Nelson is Britain's greatest naval hero; Trafalgar, in 1805, her greatest naval victory. Nelson and Napoleon, first published in 2005, is the story of how Britannia came to rule the waves for more than a hundred years.

Christopher Lee re-examines the myths of Trafalgar, plotting Napoleon's overweening ambition to invade England and Nelson's single-minded dedication to seeking glory. He shows how Villeneuve had worked out Nelson's famous plan of attack, and demonstrates how the battle could easily have turned the other way. Lee also paints a vivid picture of the protagonists: particularly of the creation of a national hero in Nelson and his intense rivalry with Napoleon.

'Christopher Lee's vivid and painstaking account cuts through the folklore, replacing it with wonderful insights into early nineteenth-century Britain and Europe.' Daily Express

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Chronology
  7. Charts
  8. CHAPTER ONE: What’s in a Name?
  9. CHAPTER TWO: Of Ships, Men and Mutiny
  10. CHAPTER THREE: Spankers and Gallants
  11. CHAPTER FOUR: The Duel
  12. CHAPTER FIVE: Invasion – The Dream
  13. CHAPTER SIX: Invasion – The Reality
  14. CHAPTER SEVEN: Pyrotechnics
  15. CHAPTER EIGHT: Invasion – The Nightmare
  16. CHAPTER NINE: Whitehall Warriors
  17. CHAPTER TEN: Corruption
  18. CHAPTER ELEVEN: Cat and Souris
  19. CHAPTER TWELVE: The Melville Affair
  20. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Alliances and Empires
  21. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Yet Another Plan
  22. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Imagined Victories
  23. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Unhappy Christmas
  24. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Chase Begins
  25. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Wrong Signals
  26. CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Victory That Never Was
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY: Homeward Bound
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Farewell to Emma
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: The Nearly New Plan
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Southward Bound
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: About Face
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: The Weather Factor
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Hands to Breakfast
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: The Battle – Part I
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: The Battle – Part II
  36. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: Epilogue
  37. Glossary
  38. French, Spanish and British Ships at Trafalgar
  39. The Main Characters
  40. Bibliography
  41. Index
  42. Plates
  43. Copyright