A gripping narrative by a successful novelist as well as first rate historian For the fans of MASTER AND COMMANDER, this combines absolute authenticity with real page-turning style Based on author's original research about Napoleon's army at Boulogne and his plans for invading England 'Rattles along excitingly...The battle is grippingly described with a Master and Commander/Patrick O'Brien touch' Daily Mail 'Gripping...this book is replete with fascinating details' Daily Post 'Nicholas Best has done an excellent job describing the build up to the Battle and the primitive conditions on the ships...This book is replete with fascinating details' Glasgow Evening Times
Nicholas Best was educated in Kenya and at Trinity College, Dublin. He was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, which gave him the material for his satirical novel WERE YOU AT WATERLOO? He left the Army to be a financial journalist, but soon became a full-time writer. He was fiction critic for the FINANCIAL TIMES for ten years and has written history books, travel books and many radio scripts. His work has been translated into many languages.
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