The Battle of the Nile, fought on 1 August 1798, was a great victory, dealing a fatal blow to Napoleon Bonaparte’s ambitions in the Middle East and cementing Nelson's place as a national hero.
But the battle itself was only the decisive event in a campaign of many months, upon the outcome of which depended the domination of the Mediterranean and the whole strategic situation in Europe.
In this book bestselling historian Brian Lavery places the Battle of the Nile in its full strategic context, showing the interplay of military and political factors that sent Nelson’s squadron into the Mediterranean in pursuit of the powerful French invasion fleet.
This was also Nelson’s first independent fleet command, and the author shows the development of his command style and the forging of the esprit de corps which was later to triumph at Trafalgar.
It also provides a fascinating and detailed insight into the nature and conditions of naval war in the Age of Sail, from the strain felt by fleet commanders, isolated from higher authority and starved of information of the enemy, to the daily lives of the sailors and the tactics used in battle.
‘Nelson and the Nile’ is a fascinating and vivid account of the most decisive naval campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars.
'Lavery’s work gives us a lively picture of the wider sweep of the war and the changing currents of world politics in this tumultuous era, which makes for fascinating reading. He reads Nelson’s genius accurately, and the all-conquering spirit of the people of the ships who sailed under his fiat. If one had to choose just one book on Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, this would be it.' - Peter Stanford, co-founder of the National Maritime Historical Society.
Brian Lavery is one of Britain’s leading naval historians and a prolific author. A Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and a renowned expert on the sailing navy and the Royal Navy, in 2007 he won the prestigious Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award. His naval writing was further honoured in 2008 with the Society of Nautical Research's Anderson Medal. His recent titles include Royal Tars (2010), We Shall Fight On The Beaches (2009), In Which They Served (2008), Churchill's Navy (2006), and the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Seas (2010).
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
But the battle itself was only the decisive event in a campaign of many months, upon the outcome of which depended the domination of the Mediterranean and the whole strategic situation in Europe.
In this book bestselling historian Brian Lavery places the Battle of the Nile in its full strategic context, showing the interplay of military and political factors that sent Nelson’s squadron into the Mediterranean in pursuit of the powerful French invasion fleet.
This was also Nelson’s first independent fleet command, and the author shows the development of his command style and the forging of the esprit de corps which was later to triumph at Trafalgar.
It also provides a fascinating and detailed insight into the nature and conditions of naval war in the Age of Sail, from the strain felt by fleet commanders, isolated from higher authority and starved of information of the enemy, to the daily lives of the sailors and the tactics used in battle.
‘Nelson and the Nile’ is a fascinating and vivid account of the most decisive naval campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars.
'Lavery’s work gives us a lively picture of the wider sweep of the war and the changing currents of world politics in this tumultuous era, which makes for fascinating reading. He reads Nelson’s genius accurately, and the all-conquering spirit of the people of the ships who sailed under his fiat. If one had to choose just one book on Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, this would be it.' - Peter Stanford, co-founder of the National Maritime Historical Society.
Brian Lavery is one of Britain’s leading naval historians and a prolific author. A Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and a renowned expert on the sailing navy and the Royal Navy, in 2007 he won the prestigious Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award. His naval writing was further honoured in 2008 with the Society of Nautical Research's Anderson Medal. His recent titles include Royal Tars (2010), We Shall Fight On The Beaches (2009), In Which They Served (2008), Churchill's Navy (2006), and the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Seas (2010).
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
