Storm and Conquest, Stephen Taylor
Storm and Conquest, Stephen Taylor
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Storm and Conquest
The Clash of Empires in the Eastern Seas, 1809

Author: Stephen Taylor

Narrator: James Adams

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/28/2008


Synopsis

The Indian Ocean was the final battleground for Nelson’s navy and France. At stake was Britain’s lifeline to India and its strategic capacity to wage war in Europe.In one fatal season, the natural order of maritime power since Trafalgar was destroyed, when Britain lost fourteen of her great Indiamen, either sunk or taken by enemy frigates. Many hundreds of lives were lost, and the East India Company was shaken to its foundations. The focus of these disasters, military and meteorological, was a tiny French outpost in mid-ocean, the island known as Mauritius. This is the story of that season and the terrifying ordeal of men, women, and children caught at sea in hurricanes and those who survived to take up the battle to drive the French from the Eastern seas. Mauritius must be taken at any cost!

Author Bio

Stephen Taylor is a writer of maritime history, biography, and travel. He has worked as a foreign correspondent for the Times, the Observer, and the Economist, and is the author of The Caliban Shore, Storm and Conquest, and Commander.

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