Nelson And HMS Victory Books

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Paperback By Oliver Warner
255 Pages
Horatio Nelson was the greatest naval commander of his age. In this masterly analysis of his fighting career, the acclaimed naval historian Oliver Warner examines every battle in which he participated, but concentrates on the three in which his command as an admiral was crucial. The first was the Battle of the Nile in which the bulk of Napoleon's fleet was brilliantly destroyed, so eliminating the risk to Britain's Indian possessions. In 1801 under Sir Hyde Parker he fought the Battle of Copenhagen, which ensured the supply of Scandinavian spars that kept the Royal Navy in fighting trim. Nelson's final battle at Trafalgar in which the French and Spanish fleets were shattered bore out the truth of the Earl St Vincent's earlier reply when asked if the French could invade England: 'I do not say that they cannot come, but I do say that they cannot come by sea'.

Hardback By John Mckay
120 Pages
One of the most popular titles in the best-selling Anatomy of the Ship series Comes complete with 1/192 Scale fold-out plan Forever associated with Nelson's last battle, HMS Victory is one of the most famous ships of all time, and is now preserved as a major part pf the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth. The ship's survival is particularly appropriate since Victory is not only an example of the ultimate sailing warship - the three decker First Rate - but was also the most popular and successful 100-gun ship of the period. Forty years old by the time of Trafalgar, she had been the flagship of half a dozen famous admirals, and was to continue in active service until 1812. First published in 1987, this revised edition of the 100-gun ship Victory now incorporates and details the most recent research and findings of the HMS Victory Advisory Technical Committee. This Volume Features: * Full description of the ship and her position in the development of the First Rate * Pictorial section emphasising close-up and on-board photographs * Guide to the ship's Trafalgar colour scheme on the book jacket * More than 300 perspective and 3-view drawings, with in-depth descriptive keys, of every detail of the ship as presently restored - general arrangements, hull construction, fittings, decoration, masts and yards, riggings and armament

Paperback By David Howarth
184 Pages
The battle of Trafalgar decided a nation's fate, and this fascinating account tells the story of that crucial confrontation as it has never been told before. Many people know the facts about Nelson's death, but far less of the battle in which he died: a single afternoon's fighting that forever ended Napoleon's hope of invading England. With Napoleon's failure, the British navy reigned supreme on the high seas-a supremacy that lasted until the age of air power.

Hardback By David Harris And Anthony Cross
192 Pages
This perpetual calendar, covering each day of the year, places interesting dates during Nelson's life alongside notable contemporary events to put him into context with the other heroes and villains, battles, international developments and discoveries of the period. Major battles and important themes are discussed in twelve extensive articles.

Paperback By Gregory Fremont- Barnes
80 Pages
First hand accounts and training manuals give a real insight into the experiences of Napoleonic sailors. With often overlooked, more technical details of how a ship was operated during battle and illustrated with specially commissioned artwork.

Paperback - 96 Pages
By Brian Lavery
What was it really like to be at sea in the Navy with Nelson? Were that sailors excited about the Battle of Trafalgar, or suffering scurvey? How did life compare between those of a high rank, and those who served them? This book takes you back in time to see what life was really like for these brave sailors at sea.

Paperback By Julie Peakman
194 Pages
This life and times book covers the life of Lady Emma Hamilton - Lord Nelsons Mistress

Paperback By Flora Fraser
395 Pages
This book is a biography of Lady Emma Hamilton - Lord Nelsons mistress.
The book captures the energy and purpose that drove this extraordinary woman through her life.

The official guide of HMS Victory written by the curator of the ship Peter Goodwin.
Includes colour photos of on board the ship, and a deck layout in the centre pages.

Paperback By Valerie Billing
28 Pages
This booklet gives detailed information on the creation, restoration and redisplay of the famous painting The Panorama Of The Battle Of Trafalgar which was painted by William Lionel Wyllie, one of the countries most respected marine artists.

Paperback - 24 Pages
The Pickle at Trafalgar
HERE OFF CADIZ, it is first light, Sunday 27th October 1805: six days after the battle of Trafalgar the week-long storm is abating and a six-gun topsail schooner, in attendance on Collingwood's flagship, the frigate HMS Euryalus, is signalled to "come within hail".

Thus begins the all-graphic tale of the race back to England of HMS Pickle, and her commanding officer, Lieutenant John Lapenotiere, carrying Collingwood's Trafalgar Despatches.

Vividly re-told, entirely in black and white drawings, the small commemorative book The Pickle at Trafalgar, is researched from original sources including ship's logs, is illustrated by Ron Tiner and introduced by Captain Peter Hore, RN.

The dramatic illustrations and texts vividly recreate the epic dash through storm and near shipwreck from Cadiz to Falmouth, then on, post haste to the Admiralty - a land journey of 271 miles and 21 changes of horses - along a route commemorated in 2005 the bi-centenary, as The Trafalgar Way.

Paperback By Robert Southey
192 Pages
'The Life Of Nelson' is a fitting literary monument to Britains greatest naval hero.

Paperback By John Terraine
205 Pages
A superbly illustrated book describing one of the most famous naval battles of all time, which shattered Napoleon's dreams of invading England.

Paperback By John D Clarke
87 pages with black and white photographs and drawings.
This book gives the muster roll, the casualties, the rewards and medals.

Hardback By D.A.B Ronald
320 Pages
This book tells the stories of the young men who fought in the napoleonic wars, unbelievably some of which were only 12 years old. This book includes many first hand letters and accounts to back this up.

Paperback By Adam Nicholson
400 Pages
Trafalgar and the making of a British hero

Paperback By Nicholas Rogers
184 Pages
The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. Nicholas Rogers explains exactly how the press gang worked, whom it was aimed at and how successful it was in achieving its ends. He also shows the limits to its operations and the press gang's need for cooperation from local authorities, who were by no means prepared to support it.

Hardback By Brian Lavery
144 Pages
This concise account charts Nelsons' career from his first Naval posting at the age of 12 and follows his rapid rise through the ranks to his heroic death at The Battle Of Trafalgar.

Hardback By Jonathan Bowman
244 Pages
In 1999 the Ministry Of Defence offered to public sale the copper and timber removed from HMS Victory in over 80 years worth of restoration work. This amounted to a massive 34 tons of oak and 10 tons of copper.
This book is the story of these 'arisings' from HMS Victory, which were used to create a major bicentenary tribute to Lord Nelson and the Battle Of Trafalgar in 1805.

This small paperback book gives you a deck by deck guide of HMS Victory, giving you a basic history of the ship.

Hardback By Roy and Lesley Adkins
429 Pages
The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships. Drawn from all over Britain and beyond, often unwillingly, these ordinary men made the Navy invincible through skill, courage and sheer determination. Yet their contribution is frequently overlooked, while the officers became celebrities. JACK TAR gives these forgotten men a voice in an exciting, enthralling, often unexpected and always entertaining picture of what their life was really like during this age of sail. Through personal letters, diaries and other manuscripts, the emotions and experiences of these people are explored, from the dread of press-gangs, shipwreck and disease, to the exhilaration of battle, grog, prize money and prostitutes. JACK TAR is an authoritative and gripping account that will be compulsive reading for anyone wanting to discover the vibrant and sometimes stark realities of this wooden world at war.

Paperback By Roy and Lesley Adkins
430 Pages
This book is about the extraordinary lives of ordinary seamen in Nelsons Navy, it includes letters, diaries and other manuscripts showing how they lived, worked, fought and even died on board the warships.
Their emotions and experiences are explored, from the dread of press gangs and shipwreck to the exhilaration of battle, grog, prize money and prositutes.

Paperback By Phillip Haythorthwaite
64 Pages
This book covers the organisation, training and recruitment of Nelsons Navy.

Hardback - 144 Pages
By Peter Nelson
A Trafalgar Bicentennial Tribute in 200 Picture Postcards of Britains greatest Naval Hero.

Paperback By Geoffrey Bennett
368 Pages
Captain Bennett sets Nelson's failures at Tenerife and Boulogne against his triumphs at Cape St Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar. He does not minimize the consequences of Nelson's passion for Emma Hamilton - the judicial murder of Caracciolo and such a flagrant disregard for orders that he was made to strike his flag.

Paperback Editing By Richard Harding
128 Pages
Like the victory over the Armada and the battle of Britain in 1940, Trafalgar has attained the iconic status of a battle that preserved national independence and demonstrated the particular courage and skills of the nation. 'A great and glorious victory' was how Vice Admiral Collingwood described Nelson's defeat of the enemy navies.In October 2005 an international conference was held at Portsmouth and well-known historians and naval officers from around the world gave a series of papers on aspects of the battle. Containing a wealth of new information they are now form the core of this book. Twelve chapters cover every aspect of the battle but also explore important themes such as the the invasion threat, and the British defences against invasion in the years before 1805. Perhaps the most groundbreaking contribution is from the 'Inshore Squadron', a naval war-gaming group, which produced a timeline that is the most accurate yet available and reveals, amongst other things, the precise nature of the ship-on-ship actions.

Paperback By Christopher Hibbert
472 Pages
In this absorbing book, Christopher Hibbert recounts the story of Nelson's life. Nelson's character is revealed with all its faults and virtues which endeared him to his family, friends and the sailors whose welfare so deeply concerned him.

Original selling price £60.00
Hardback By Richard Walker

In this beautiful book Richard Walker explores the iconography of Lord Nelson, a man at once vain and ravaged, glorified and ridiculed, whose exploits and achievements, both public and private, still fascinate today.

This beautifully illustrated book features hundreds of paintings of Horatio Lord Nelson, this book gives a detailed description about each painting and also tells you the current whereabouts of the original paintings.

Paperback By Dudley Pope
368 Pages
This is an account of Britain's most significant naval engagement, the battle of Trafalgar. It is told through the eyes of the contending British, French, and Spanish admirals, captains and ratings, often using their own words.

Hardback By Colin White
268 Pages
"Nelson the Admiral" draws together all the recent research into Nelson's battles in a provocative book, set for publication on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The author, Colin White, is one of the leading scholars in the field. He draws on his previous detailed research and writings on Nelson's battles, together with exciting new material that is emerging as a result of the Nelson Letters Project on which he has been recently engaged. He presents a new narrative for each of Nelson's main battles, based on the latest insights; a new analysis of his tactics based on hitherto unpublished material from Nelson's personal order books and battle plans; and a fresh assessment of Nelson's abilities as a naval commander. The end result is an up-to-date analysis of Nelson as a naval commander, showing how the British triumph at Trafalgar was the culmination of years of thought and experimentation on Nelson's part, and on the part of his contemporaries and predecessors.

Paperback By Colin White
304 Pages
The book is a treasure trove of fascinating information - from Hitler's plan to move Nelson's column to Berlin, to the naming of over fifty streets after Nelson and his battles in the Greater London area alone. Complemented by a gazetteer and chronology, together with over one hundred illustrations and eight pages of colour plates, The Nelson Companion is a guide to a fascinating subject.

Paperback By Colin White
164 Pages
This books looks at two key events in Nelson's career: The Battle of Cape St Vincent (14 February 1797), when he played a major role in the British victory over the Spanish Grand Fleet; and the abortive attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife (22-25 July 1797) when he suffered a bloody defeat and lost his right arm.
Based on new research in hitherto untapped contemporary British sources, and on new Spanish research on both battles, this book challenges some aspects of the traditional British accounts and, in particular, claims that Nelson's role in both events has been misrepresented in the past. It goes on to argue that the time has come to review Nelson's whole career in the light of all the new material that is emerging.

Over 50 illustrations and 6 new plans of the battles drawn especially for the book.

Paperback - 28pages

The Pitkin biographical guide to Nelson by Colin White

Was £19.99

Hardback By C.S Forester
232 pages
The celebrated author of the Hornblower series presents the biography of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, the victor of the naval battle of Trafalgar.

Paperback By Peter Warwick
320 Pages
Drawn from a variety of contemporary sources including letters, diaries, newspapers and ships' logs, this work offers an insight into one of the most conclusive Naval Battle in history through the accounts of those who were actually there. It contains accounts from the great military leaders of the time - including Nelson.

Hardback By T.A Heathcote
256 Pages
This is a biographical dictionary of the two flag officers and captains of 27 battleships, four frigates and two minor combatant vessels that were present under Nelson's command at the historic battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Each officer's family background and naval career will be covered and his and his ship's role in the Battle analysed.

Paperback - A record of the Lily Lambert McCarthy Collection donated to the Royal Naval Museum.

WAS £35.00

Hardback 192 Pages
Trafalgar was the most famous and strategically significant victory in the age of sail and this volume charts all the major naval events from 1803 to 1805, as well as Nelson's heroic death at the moment of his greatest triumph.

By Caxton Pictorial Histories

Hardback By Roy Adkins
535 Pages
From Nelson and the Nile, To Napoleon at Waterloo, this is a sweeping history of the years of naval warfare that set the balance in power in Europe for the following century.
Encompassing gallant duels between single ships, bloody battles between huge fleets, daring coastal raids, amphibous assaults on naval bases and the subtleties of espionage and naval intelligence, this global conflict truly was 'The War For All Oceans'.