The War for All the Oceans, Lesley Adkins
The War for All the Oceans, Lesley Adkins
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The War for All the Oceans
From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo

Author: Lesley Adkins, Roy Adkins

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 22 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/03/2007

Synopsis

Roy Adkins, with his wife, Lesley, returns to the Napoleonic War in The War for All the Oceans, a gripping account of the naval struggle that lasted from 1798 to 1815, a period marked at the beginning by Napoleon's seizing power and at the end by the War of 1812. In this vivid and visceral account, Adkins draws on eyewitness records to portray not only the battles but also the details of a sailor's life—shipwrecks, press-gangs, prostitutes, spies, and prisoners of war.

The War for All the Oceans is epic narrative history sure to appeal to fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester, as well as all readers of military and social history.

About Lesley Adkins

Lesley Adkins, a historian and an archaeologist, is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. She is the author of Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott

This was an odd experience. To begin with, I admire any author that takes on a topic of such scope as the naval history of the Napoleonic Wars, but it’s essentially a naval history of an army war, at least after Trafalgar. In fact, I had bought this because of my enjoyment of Adkins’ Nelson’s Trafal......more

Goodreads review by Alaric

The War for All the Oceans covers all major, and some less well known, naval actions from the latter part of the revolutionary war, to the end of the Napoleonic. As is always the case with the Adkins's work, it is meticulously researched, well presented and very hard to put down. Although it is cramm......more

Goodreads review by Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.)

I enjoyed this book quite a lot. Having said that though, it was not nearly as good as I had hoped. The Adkins have done a terrific job of collecting and organizing all of the personal vignettes and anecdotes associated with the Royal Navy's 20+ years of naval warfare with France and its allies duri......more

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