Nicholas Tracy
Auteur de Nelson's Battles: The Art of Victory in the Age of Sail
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Nicholas Tracy, adjunct professor of history at the University of New Brunswick and member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, is the author of fifteen books, including Britannia's Palette: The Arts of Naval Victory.
Œuvres de Nicholas Tracy
The Naval Chronicle: The Contemporary Record of the Royal Navy at War, 1793-1798 (The Naval Chronicle , No 1) (1998) 20 exemplaires
The Naval Chronicle: The Contemporary Record of the Royal Navy at War, 1799-1804 (The Naval Chronicle , No 2) (1999) 16 exemplaires
The Naval Chronicle: Contemporary Views of the War at Sea: 1807-1809, the War of Attrition v. 4 (1999) 13 exemplaires
The Age of Sail: The International Annual of the Historic Sailing Ship, Vol. 2 (Age of Sail Annual) (2003) 11 exemplaires
Sea Power and the Control of Trade: Belligerent Rights from the Russian War to the Beira Patrol, 1854-1970… (2005) 5 exemplaires
Navies, Deterrence and American Independence: Britain and Sea Power in the 1760s and 1770s (1988) 4 exemplaires
Two-Edged Sword: The Navy as an Instrument of Canadian Foreign Policy (Carleton Library Series Book 225) 1 exemplaire
Master and Madman: The Surprising Rise and Disastrous Fall of the Hon. Anthony Lockwood RN (2012) 1 exemplaire
THE NAVA CHRONICLE, VOLUME II, 1799-1804 1 exemplaire
THE NAVAL CHRONICLE, VOL 1, 1793-1798 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: The Evolution of Fighting Tactics, 1650-1815 (1990) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 70 exemplaires
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This history chronicles the Royal Navy’s victory over the French during the Seven Years’ War. In the mid-18th century, with no regular troops at home, Britain was especially vulnerable to the immanent threat of French invasion. Illustrated with maps.
When the British fleet under Admiral Hawke fell upon them, the French ships of the line under Admiral Conflans were actually on their way to rendezvous with the invasion troopships gathered at the mouth of the Loire. The battle was fought in bad weather, the French attempting to exploit their local knowledge by heading for Quiberon Bay, assuming the British would not follow them among its treacherous shoals in such conditions. Hawke, however, pursued them under full sail and many French ships were destroyed, captured, run aground or scattered for the loss of only two British ships which ran aground. The invasion was thwarted. Professor Nicholas Tracy studies the battle and its strategic consequences, particularly upon the war for North America. (Adapted from Casemate Publisher)… (plus d'informations)