Six Frigates How Piracy, War and British Supremacy at Sea Gave Birth to the World's Most Powerful Navy
by Ian W. Toll
The Battle of Trafalgar crowned the Royal Navy as undisputed sovereign of the world's oceans. Yet just seven years after Nelson's final victory, British ships were at war with a challenger from the new world - the United States of America. This is the story of the formation of the most formidable fighting force in the world.
HistoryMilitaryUnited StatesWars & ConflictsWar of 1812
RELEASED2006
PUBLISHERMichael Joseph
LENGTH560
LANGUAGEEN
Six Frigates How Piracy, War and British Supremacy at Sea Gave Birth to the World's Most Powerful Navy
by Ian W. Toll
The Battle of Trafalgar crowned the Royal Navy as undisputed sovereign of the world's oceans. Yet just seven years after Nelson's final victory, British ships were at war with a challenger from the new world - the United States of America. This is the story of the formation of the most formidable fighting force in the world.
HistoryMilitaryUnited StatesWars & ConflictsWar of 1812
RELEASED2006
PUBLISHERMichael Joseph
LENGTH560
LANGUAGEEN
