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Trafalgar Captain : Durham of the Defiance
- Title
- Trafalgar Captain : Durham of the Defiance / Hilary L. Rubinstein.
- Author
- Rubinstein, Hilary L.
- Publication
- Stroud : Tempus, 2005.
- ©2005
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DA87.1.D97 T73 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 287 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Battle of Trafalgar was the most decisive sea-battle ever fought. The victory in 1805 had checked Napoleon's lingering hopes for an invasion of Britain and smashed Spain's status as a first-class naval power. It brought Britain a mastery of the seas that would last for the next 100 years.Philip Durham was one of the 27 sea captains at Trafalgar. Captain of the Defiance, a 74-gun warship, he narrowly avoided death during one of many furious actions at Trafalgar when a splintered shaft of wood nearly severed his leg. Despite his injuries, he fought on to capture a Spanish man-of-war and a French 74-gunwarship. This is the story of how Durham forced Nelson to allow him to take part in Trafalgar, and his dramatic experiences of the most epic of naval victories."--Amazon.com.
- Alternative Title
- Man who refused to miss Trafalgar
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-277) and index.
- Contents
- Preface -- Seaborne -- Earning a reputation -- Frigate star -- Prizes on sea and land -- Trafalgar's prelude -- Trafalgar: glorious victory -- Trafalgar's wake -- Ruling the waves -- Sailor of fortune.
- ISBN
- 0752434357
- 9780752434353
- OCLC
- ocm85784239
- 85784239
- SCSB-1404565
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library