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1797, Nelson's Year of Destiny.

1797, Nelson's Year of Destiny.
An enthralling, page-turning narrative of a pivotal year in Nelson's life that included the victory at Cape St. Vincent and the defeat at Tenerife a few months later.

Author: Colin White. Publisher: Sutton.

Paperback. 164pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN-13: 9780750937528.

Original Price £10.99.

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Admiral Lord St. Vincent.

Admiral Lord St. Vincent.
This biography of John Jervis, who became Admiral Lord Vincent, and Nelson's patron, makes compelling reading. It throws an oblique light on Nelson and his personality.

Author: James D G Davidson. Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 230pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN-13: 9781844153862.

Original Price £19.99.

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Armada 1588.

Armada 1588.
In this compelling new account John Barratt reconstructs the battle against the Armada in the concise, clear Campaign Chronicles format, which records the action in vivid detail, day by day, hour by hour.

Author: John Barratt. Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 182pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN-13: 9781844153237

Original Price: £16.99

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Battle of Trafalgar.

Battle of Trafalgar.
Captain Bennett was, for many years, a serving officer in the Royal Navy as well as being one of the most highly regarded naval historians of his time. He sets the battle in the context of the world-wide struggle against Napoleon, describes the ships, their crews and the tactics of the action.

Author: Geoffrey Bennett. Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback.

ISBN-13: 9781844151073

Original Price: £7.99

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Beyond the Harbour Lights.

Beyond the Harbour Lights.
A compendium of ships stories mainly from the 1920's and 1930's that show British ships in every corner of the globe, plying the world's trade routes.

Author: Chris Mills. Publisher: Whittles.

Paperback. 158pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN-13: 9781870325646.

Original Price £15.95.

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Ferries of the Lower Thames.

Ferries of the Lower Thames.
A nostalgic journey from Staines to Yantlet Creek, near Gravesend, telling the story of each of the ferries, most of which have now been replaced by bridges.

Author: Joan Tucker. Publisher: Amberley.

Paperback. 222pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN-13: 9781848689688.

Original Price £19.99.

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Historic Ships, The Survivors.

Historic Ships, The Survivors.
The vessels in this book cover all the activities of a thriving maritime society from working tugs, cargo and fishing vessels to vital naval vessels and elegant steam yachts, through to pleasure boats plying our coast.

Author: Paul Brown. Publisher: Amberley.

Paperback. 160pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN-13: 9781848689947.

Original Price £16.99.

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Lamport & Holt Line.

Lamport & Holt Line.
A unique history of Liverpool's Lamport & Holt Shipping Line which sadly no longer exists, complete with a vast array of archive photographs of it's many ships.

Author: Paul Heaton. Publisher: Paul Heaton.

Hardback. 160pp. 22cm by 28cm. ISBN 1872006167.

Original Price £25.00.

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Nelson: A Medical Casebook.

Nelson: A Medical Casebook.
The first medical biography of this great naval hero, who, throughout his life suffered from more than his fair share of ill health and, of course, injury.

Author: Dr. A-M. E. Hill. Publisher: Spellmount.

Hardback. 264pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN-10: 1862273219.

ISBN-13: 9781862273214.

Original Price £20.00.

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Nelson and Napoleon.

Nelson and Napoleon.
The biggest story in Britain's maritime history, the Battle of Trafalgar, is here re-examined to look at the myths and the battles that led up to Trafalgar and its outcome that Britannia ruled the waves for the next 100 years.

Author: Christopher Lee. Publisher: Headline.

Paperback. 396pp. 13 x 20cm. ISBN 075531042X.

Original Price £8.99.

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Nelson The Commander.

Nelson The Commander.
One of Pen & Sword's Military Classics that asks the question: two hundred years after his death does Nelson still deserve his reputation as one of the world's greatest commanders?

Author: Geoffrey Bennett. Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 322pp. 13cm by 20cm.

ISBN-10: 184415307X.

ISBN-13: 9781844153077.

Original Price £9.99.

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Nelson's Battles.

Nelson's Battles.
The most up-to-date analysis of Nelson’s great victories that is a fascinating account of war at sea in the age of sail. Scholarship combined with highly readable style.

Author: Nicholas Tracy. Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 288pp. 16cm by 22cm.

ISBN-13: 9781848320093.

Original Price £16.99.

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Nelson's Hero.

Nelson's Hero.
A biography of Captain William Locker who was Nelson's first captain, and with whom he kept up a extensive correspondence throughout his long career.

Author: Victor T. Sharman. Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 210pp. 16cm by 24cm. ISBN 1844152669.

Original Price £19.99.

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P & A Campbell Steamers: Edwardian Era.

P & A Campbell Steamers: Edwardian Era.
This definitive history of the P & A Campbell Steamers Company tells the story of the inauguration of the company's services on the Sussex coast during the Edwardian period.

Author: Chris Collard. Publisher: Tempus.

Paperback. 255pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN-13: 9780752438719.

Original Price £17.99.

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P & A Campbell Steamers: Victorian Era.

P & A Campbell Steamers: Victorian Era.
This definitive history tells the story of the turbulent, early P & A Campbell years, when they had moved their steamer operations to the Bristol Channel area.

Author: Chris Collard. Publisher: Tempus.

Paperback. 224pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN-13: 9780752438634.

Original Price £17.99.

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QE2 Britain's Greatest Liner.

QE2 Britain's Greatest Liner.
The complex and fragmented jigsaw of the QE2's origins, design evolution, construction and operational history brought together by 3 life-long admirers of the QE2.

Author: Bruce Peter, Philip Dawson & Ian Johnston. Publisher: Ferry.

Hardback. 216pp. 23cm by 29cm.

ISBN-13: 9781906608002.

Original Price £30.00.

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Remember Nelson.

Remember Nelson.
The life of Sir William Hoste, who entered the Navy in April 1793, under the special care of Nelson. His career thereafter resembles the naval heroes of fiction such as Horatio Hornblower, Jack Aubrey or Nicholas Ramage. Author: Tom Pocock. Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 256pp. 13cm by 20cm. ISBN 1844152111.

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Royal Navy & the Peruvian-Chilean War 1879-1881.

Royal Navy & the Peruvian-Chilean War 1879-1881.
A unique collection of watercolours painted by a British sailor of fortune that will appeal to art collectors and discerning naval historians. With rare eye-witness account of a fierce but little known war played out in the Pacific.

Editor: Gerard de Lisse. Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 176pp. 23cm by 23cm.

ISBN-13: 9781844156528.

Original Price £30.00.

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Some Strange Scent of Death.

Some Strange Scent of Death.
The story of the dramatic disappearance of the lighthouse keepers from the Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides in 1900.

Author: Angela J Elliott. Publisher: Whittles.

Paperback. 226pp. 13cm by 20cm.

ISBN-13: 9781904445159.

Original Price £7.99.

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With the Utmost Possible Dispatch.

With the Utmost Possible Dispatch.
Poems of Nelson's Navy that reflect not only his magnificent achievements but also the lives of his ordinary seamen at home and aboard those mighty wooden vessels.

Author: Harry Turner. Publisher: Spellmount.

Hardback. 115pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN-10: 1862271755.

ISBN-13: 9781862271753.

Original Price £15.00.

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