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The Fighting Temeraire

- Legend of Trafalgar (Hearts of Oak Trilogy Vol.1)
Af: Sam Willis Engelsk Paperback

The Fighting Temeraire

- Legend of Trafalgar (Hearts of Oak Trilogy Vol.1)
Af: Sam Willis Engelsk Paperback
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J.M.W. Turner''s The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story behind this remarkable painting. The 98-gun Temeraire warship broke through the French and Spanish line directly astern of Nelson''s flagship Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), saving Nelson at a crucial moment in the battle, and, in the words of John Ruskin, fought until her sides ran ''wet with the long runlets of English blood...those pale masts that stayed themselves up against the war-ruin, shaking out their ensigns through the thunder, till sail and ensign dropped.'' It is a story that unites the art of war as practised by Nelson with the art of war as depicted by Turner and, as such, it ranges across an extensive period of Britain''s cultural and military history in ways that other stories do not.
The result is a detailed picture of British maritime power at two of its most significant peaks in the age of sail: the climaxes of both the Seven Years'' War (1756-63) and the Napoleonic Wars (1798-1815). It covers every aspect of life in the sailing navy, with particular emphasis on amphibious warfare, disease, victualling, blockade, mutiny and, of course, fleet battle, for it was at Trafalgar that the Temeraire really won her fame. An evocative and magnificent narrative history by a master historian.

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J.M.W. Turner''s The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story behind this remarkable painting. The 98-gun Temeraire warship broke through the French and Spanish line directly astern of Nelson''s flagship Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), saving Nelson at a crucial moment in the battle, and, in the words of John Ruskin, fought until her sides ran ''wet with the long runlets of English blood...those pale masts that stayed themselves up against the war-ruin, shaking out their ensigns through the thunder, till sail and ensign dropped.'' It is a story that unites the art of war as practised by Nelson with the art of war as depicted by Turner and, as such, it ranges across an extensive period of Britain''s cultural and military history in ways that other stories do not.
The result is a detailed picture of British maritime power at two of its most significant peaks in the age of sail: the climaxes of both the Seven Years'' War (1756-63) and the Napoleonic Wars (1798-1815). It covers every aspect of life in the sailing navy, with particular emphasis on amphibious warfare, disease, victualling, blockade, mutiny and, of course, fleet battle, for it was at Trafalgar that the Temeraire really won her fame. An evocative and magnificent narrative history by a master historian.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 416
ISBN-13: 9781849162616
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1849162611
Kategori: Maritim historie
Udg. Dato: 2 sep 2010
Længde: 30mm
Bredde: 134mm
Højde: 214mm
Forlag: Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato: 2 sep 2010
Forfatter(e): Sam Willis
Forfatter(e) Sam Willis

Kategori Maritim historie

ISBN-13 9781849162616

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 416

Udgave

Længde 30mm

Bredde 134mm

Højde 214mm

Udg. Dato 2 sep 2010

Oplagsdato 2 sep 2010

Forlag Quercus Publishing

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