The story of the greatest victories from the British navy's golden age, told through never-before-seen letters written by the officers at the heart of these battles.
Sam Willis is a maritime historian and archaeologist and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter's Centre for Maritime Historical Studies. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
Sam Willis has pulled off another notable coup in bringing to light
these original dispatches, which add so much knowledge, and so much
colour and interest, to a period we thought we knew so well.
*N.A.M. Rodger*
Sam Willis does not just transcribe the precious, privileged
sources he has discovered. He also locates them in the warfare,
seascapes, and politics of their time. His vivid writing and the
book's lovely design make In the Hour of Victory a pleasure to
handle and a revelation to read.
*Felipe Fernandez-Armesto*
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