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Book Reviews of The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo

The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
The War for All the Oceans From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
Author: Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins
ISBN-13: 9780670038640
ISBN-10: 0670038644
Publication Date: 8/16/2007
Pages: 560
Rating:
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5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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Written differently than most history books. It's heavy on the first person account of seamen, so it gives a good picture of what the fighting and dangers really were. It was kind of hard to tell who (British? French? Danish?) was doing what to who sometimes, well, a lot of the time.