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- Tyger / by Stockwin, Julian.;
Commander Thomas Kydd and his ship joined Admiral Nelson's command just before the greatest sea encounter of all time: the Battle of Trafalgar. This heart-lurching adventure blends fact and fiction by closely following historical records, taking us into the heart of the world-defining events of 1805.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character); Seafaring life; Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805; Ocean;
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- Moment of battle : the twenty clashes that changed the world / by Lacey, James.; Murray, Williamson.;
Includes bibliographical references.Marathon: Athens saves Western civilization (490 BC) -- Gaugamela : Alexander creates a new world (311 BC) -- Zama: an empire in the balance (202 BC) -- Teutoburger Wald: the division of Europe (9 AD) -- Adrianople: the end of Roman supremacy (378 AD) -- Yarmuk: the Islamic conquest begins (636 AD) -- Hastings: the remaking of Europe (1066 AD) -- The Spanish Armada: miracle at sea (1588 AD) -- Breitenfeld: the creation of modern war (1631 AD) -- Annus mirabilis: the rise of British supremacy (1759 AD) -- Saratoga: the victory of amateurs (1777 AD) -- Trafalgar: Napoleon's plans thwarted (1805 AD) -- Vicksburg: breaking the confederacy (1863 AD) -- The Marne: the end of old Europe (1914 AD) -- The Battle of Britain: the Nazis stopped (1940 AD) -- Midway: Imperial Japan stopped (1942 AD) -- Kursk: the end of the drang nach osten (1943 AD) -- Normandy: the dath knell for Nazi Germany (1944) -- Dien Bien Phu: Imperialism defeated (1954 AD) -- Operations peach: the drive for Baghdad (2003 AD) -- Notes -- Index.- Subjects: Battles.; Military art and science; Military history.;
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