The Terror Before Trafalgar (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Tom Pocock
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1801-1805
- Setting: Great Britain, France, and Spain
- Principal Characters: Horatio, Lord Nelson, Napoleon, Sir Sidney Smith, John Wesley Wright, Robert Fulton, Sir William Congreve
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Politics, France or French people, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, England or English people, War, Politicians, Ships, Espionage or spies, Western Europe or western Europeans, Spain or Spanish people, Great Britain, Arms or weapons, Napoleonic Wars, Statesmen, Armaments
- Locales: France, Spain, Great Britain
To avid readers of Patrick O’Brian’s superb novels of the period, the Napoleonic Wars are a triumphant succession of victories brought about by Captain Jack Aubrey of the British Royal Navy and master of political intrigue Dr. Stephen Maturin. The intrepid duo meet each other for the first time at a chamber music concert that takes place on April 1, 1800. From that initial novel in the series, Master and Commander (1969), to the twentieth and final volume, Blue at the Mizzen (1999), one can follow the exploits of these two companions as they survive numerous battles,...
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