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Napoleon's Lost Fleet: Bonaparte, Nelson, and the Battle of the Nile
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by Laura Foreman, Ellen Blue Phillips, and Franck Goddio
Sales Rank: 1022216
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 215 pages
Published by: Discovery BooksEdition: 1st Edition August 29, 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1563318318
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1563318313
Book Dimensions:
10.3 x 10 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 2.7 pounds
Product Review
On August 1, 1798, Admiral Horatio Nelson and the British navy sailed into Abukir Bay, Egypt. After months of searching the Mediterranean Sea, Nelson finally had the French fleet cornered. Disregarding naval convention, Nelson readied his fleet for battle even though it was nearing evening. By the end of the next day, the French fleet was in tatters and Napoleon's flagship, the enormous Orient, had exploded with such fury that fewer than 100 of the 1,000 or so men aboard her survived. Nelson and his "Band of Brothers" had achieved a spectacular victory in what Patrick O'Brian called "the best naval battle of the millennium."
Napoleon's Lost Fleet recounts the story of the Battle of the Nile and the underwater archaeological expedition to the remains of the Orient in Abukir Bay. Lavishly illustrated, full of informative sidebars, the book careens around from topic to topic like Nelson chasing the French fleet around the Mediterranean--highlighting Napoleon, Josephine, Egyptian art, naval life, Nelson, and even Emma Hamilton. Short shrift is given to the valiant Comte de Brueys, the French admiral, who dreaded meeting the English fleet but was stranded waiting for orders from Napoleon--100 miles away in Cairo. Those caveats aside, Napoleon's Lost Fleet is a remarkably handsome volume, and the history--though haphazardly presented--is sound and accessible. Naval historians will find little new here, but armchair sea dogs and Aubrey-Maturin fans will enjoy the anecdotes, maps, and salty narrative. Anglophiles may wish to adopt an alternate title: Nelson Trounces the French, Act 1. --Sunny Delaney
From Library Journal
Lavishly illustrated and crisply written, this polished history succeeds on several levels as it depicts one of history's greatest naval battles and the two military men whose names will be forever linked. The Battle of the Nile, fought in 1798 in Egypt's Abukir Bay between the British fleet commanded by Lord Horatio Nelson and the French fleet of Napoleon Bonaparte, prevented the Mediterranean Sea from becoming a French lake and ensured Britain's dominance as the only global naval power in the Napoleonic era. Nelson's astonishingly bold nighttime victory over the French made Nelson a hero and forced Napoleon to abandon his army in Egypt and flee back to France. In addition to the naval battle, the authors (both journalists) provide dramatic background to the lives of both Nelson the sailor and Napoleon the emperor. The spirited narrative also includes a photo essay of the 1996 underwater archaeological discovery of the French fleet at the bottom of Abukir Bay. A superb companion to the Discovery Channel's television program of the same name; recommended for all public libraries.AWilliam D. Bushnell, USMC (ret.), Brunswick, ME
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader Reviews
This large and attractive book was created by the Discovery Channel, to tell the story of the Battle of the Nile. Brimming with details, the book tells the story of the French Revolution and the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, followed by the life of Horatio Nelson, and the exciting finale: a minute-by-minute retelling of the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Along the way, the reader is treated to many excellent pictures, charts and graphs, not to mention a plethora of highly informative sidebars. This is a wonderful book, one that will please readers that know nothing about the subject, and those that know a lot. I am very glad that I was able to get ahold of it, and highly recommend it to you!
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