Richard Humble: Napoleon'S Admirals [2019] hardback USBOR Jill Davent

Jill Davent

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Richard Humble: Napoleon'S Admirals [2019] hardback USBOR Jill DaventOn the four sides of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, serried tablets display the names of 660 honoured commanders of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Most are those of generals and marshals of the French Army but 26 are the names of admirals, commanders of the fleets of Republican and Napoleonic France. In Napoleon's Admirals, Richard Humble presents not only their individual stories, but an entirely new appraisal of the Anglo French naval war of