The Price of Admiralty
Subtitle: The Evolution of Naval Warfare
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Published: February 24, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780517080085
Subjects: Nonfiction - General; Non-Classifiable; Sale Books; History; 19th century; 20th century; Naval art and science; Naval history, Modern
First sentence: 'Like a great wood on our lee bow', Able Seaman Brown of Nelson's Victory called his sight of the masts of the French and Spanish fleets, breaking the Atlantic skyline off the coast of Spain at first light on the morning of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.