The line upon a wind
Subtitle: an intimate history of the last and greatest war fought at sea under sail, 1739-1815
By: Noel Mostert
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780712609272
Subjects: Naval Military operations; Anglo-French War, 1793-1802; Naval History; Naval operations; Seafaring life; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; History
Description: "In February 1793 France declared war on Britain and Holland. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars that raged for the next twenty-two years saw European powers manoeuvring for mercantile and political advantage in a complex and ever-changing web of alliances and coalitions. By 1815 the world was a different place."--Back cover.
Notes: Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The tactical evolution; title: Ocean; title: Navy; title: Century; title: Decade; title: pt. 2. The great war, first phase, 1793-1805; title: Wood; title: Shipboard; title: Toulon; title: Buonaparte; title: Corsica; title: Battle; title: Uncertainty; title: Change; title: Triumph; title: Mutiny; title: Tenerife; title: Camperdown; title: Duel; title: Offensive; title: Nile; title: Barbary; title: Neutrality; title: "Quasi-war"; title: Impressed; title: Naples; title: Acre; title: Return; title: Consul; title: Home; title: Baltic; title: Straits; title: Amiens; title: "Temeraire"; title: Resumption; title: Boulogne; title: Tripoli; title: Watch; title: Chase; title: Prelude; title: Trafalgar; title: Aftermath; title: pt. 3. The conclusive struggle, 1805-1816; title: Appraisal; title: Rampage; title: Sandy Hook; title: Chesapeake; title: Abominable; title: Peninsula; title: Collingwood; title: Cadiz; title: Catalonia; title: Basque roads; title: Expeditionary forces; title: Timor; title: China & Japan; title: Crisis; title: Breakdown; title: "Swallow"; title: Tarragona; title: America; title: War; title: "Macedonian"; title: Reflection; title: Northwest; title: Lakeland; title: Torpedoes; title: Elba; title: Snow march; title: Patuxent; title: New Orleans; title: Adriatic; title: Adieu; title: Algiers.