The years of endurance, 1793-1802 / Arthur Bryant
1975, Book Club Edition. Book Club Associates. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #473192
Physical description: x, 374 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (on lining papers), plan, ports. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Contents: Freedom's own island -- The gates of brass, 1789 -- The failure of appeasement, 1790-3 -- The war of inaction, 1793 -- The enemy strikes, 1794-5 -- The home front, 1794-5 -- Before the storm, 1795-6 -- Her darkest hour, 1797 -- The fleet in mutiny, 1797 -- The firmness of ancient Rome, 1797-8 -- Britain strikes back, 1798 -- The lost chance, 1798-1800 -- Of Nelson and the north, 1800-1 -- A truce of exhaustion, 1801-2 -- Epilogue : light out of the past. Subjects: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. Great Britain History 1789-1820. Europe Politics and government 1789-1815.
Price: €18.95