Nelson: A Dream of GloryJonathan Cape, 2004 - 943페이지 This compelling biography of Britain s greatest naval hero includes the only full reconstruction of Nelson s early voyages. Areas of his career are illuminated for the first time together with revealing discoveries about his personal and professional relationships." |
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... four leagues to windward in the southwest , their sails full in a brisk breeze . Again , with the wind in their ... four guns including a formid- able lower - deck armament of French thirty - six - pounders . Against that Nelson's ship ...
... four leagues to windward in the southwest , their sails full in a brisk breeze . Again , with the wind in their ... four guns including a formid- able lower - deck armament of French thirty - six - pounders . Against that Nelson's ship ...
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... four feet four inches in height , illiterate . A ' destitute ' orphan , but previously employed in rope- making . Thomas Amery , thirteen , four feet five inches , literate . Mother a servant at 29 Barbican . Formerly an errand boy ...
... four feet four inches in height , illiterate . A ' destitute ' orphan , but previously employed in rope- making . Thomas Amery , thirteen , four feet five inches , literate . Mother a servant at 29 Barbican . Formerly an errand boy ...
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... FOUR The classic ship of the line , with seventy - four guns SHALLOP A large , heavy boat with fore and aft sails or lug sails , or a shallow - draught boat using oars or a sail SHEET Ropes manipulating a sail SHEET ANCHOR An anchor ...
... FOUR The classic ship of the line , with seventy - four guns SHALLOP A large , heavy boat with fore and aft sails or lug sails , or a shallow - draught boat using oars or a sail SHEET Ropes manipulating a sail SHEET ANCHOR An anchor ...
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Corsica | 458 |
A Long and Hazardous Service | 494 |
Two Meetings with French Gentry | 520 |
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