
In the Hour of Victory
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Between 1794 and 1815 the Royal Navy repeatedly crushed her enemies at sea in a period of military dominance that equals any in history.
When Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the Admiralty ordered that the original dispatches from seven major fleet battles - The Glorious First of June (1794), St Vincent (1797), Camperdown (1797), The Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801), Trafalgar (1805) and San Domingo (1806) - should be gathered together and presented to the Nation. These letters, written by Britain's admirals, captains, surgeons and boatswains and sent back home in the midst of conflict, were bound in an immense volume, to be admired as a jewel of British history.
Sam Willis, one of Britain's finest naval historians, stumbled upon this collection by chance in the British Library in 2010 and soon found out that only a handful of people knew of its existence. The rediscovery of these first-hand reports, and the vivid commentary they provide, has enabled Willis to reassesses the key engagements in extraordinary and revelatory detail, and to paint an enthralling series of portraits of the Royal Navy's commanders at the time.
In a compelling and dramatic narrative, In the Hour of Victory tells the story of these naval triumphs as never before, and allows us to hear once more the officer's voices as they describe the battles that made Britain great.
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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 *More details
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- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF MAPS & BATTLE PLANS
- PREFACE
- The finding
- INTRODUCTION
- The Writing
- The Forgetting
- The Content
- The Commanders and their Fleets
- The Demands of Seapower
- The Navy and the Nation
- The Recipients
- A Note on the Transcriptions
- 1. THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE
- The Banner
- The Extremists
- The Sea Dog
- The Convoy
- The Dispatches
- 2. ST VINCENT
- The Palace
- The Allies
- The Stickler
- The Storms
- The Dispatches
- 3. CAMPERDOWN
- The Replica
- The Invasion
- The Scotsman
- The Coercion
- The Dispatches
- 4. THE NILE
- The Lightning Conductor
- The Prey
- The Favourite
- The Discovery
- The Dispatches
- 5. COPENHAGEN
- The Manor
- The Puppet
- The Newlywed
- The Conundrum
- The Dispatches
- 6. TRAFALGAR
- The Relics
- The Mismatch
- The Cripple's Friend
- The Desperado
- The Dispatches
- 7. SAN DOMINGO
- The Sextant
- The Survivors
- The Aspirant
- The Goose Chase
- The Dispatches
- CONCLUSION
- The Paradox
- The Uncertain
- The Change
- POSTSCRIPT
- The Photograph
- The Appeal
- APPENDIX I - THE SECRETARIES OF THE ADMIRALTY
- APPENDIX II - THE ROYAL NAVY'S PRIZES
- GLOSSARY
- NOTES
- FURTHER READING
- NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
- INDEX
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