Full name: The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo

Authors: Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780670038640 9780143113928 0670038644 0143113925

A brutal, action-packed account of the sea battles of the Napoleonic War by the author of the bestselling Nelson's Trafalgar Roy Adkins (with his wife Lesley) returns to the Napoleonic War in The War for All the Oceans, a gripping account of the naval struggle that lasted from 1798 to 1815, a period marked at the beginning by Napoleon's seizing power and at the end by the War of 1812. In this vivid and visceral account, Adkins draws on eyewitness records to portray not only the battles but also the details of a sailor's life, shipwrecks, press-gangs, prostitutes, spies, and prisoners of war. The War for All the Oceans is epic narrative history sure to appeal to fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester, as well as all readers of military and social history. Similar books: The Frigates by James Henderson Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell The Billy Ruffian by David Cordingly Trafalgar by Roy Adkins Trafalgar by David Howarth Every Man Will Do His Duty by Dean King The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. Mahan The Pursuit of Victory by Roger Knight Decision at Trafalgar by Dudley Pope Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars by Robert Gardiner The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery by Paul Kennedy Dead Wake by Erik Larson One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer To Rule the Waves by Arthur Herman The History of Jihad by Robert Spencer Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck The History of Surfing by Matt Warshaw