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1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 10 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by James Adams. |
| Summary |
The Indian Ocean was the final battleground for Nelson's navy and France. At stake was Britain's lifeline to India and its strategic capacity to wage war in Europe. In one fatal season, the natural order of maritime power since Trafalgar was destroyed, when Britain lost fourteen of her great Indiamen, either sunk or taken by enemy frigates. Many hundreds of lives were lost, and the East India Company was shaken to its foundations. The focus of these disasters, military and meteorological, was a tiny French outpost in mid-ocean, the island known as Mauritius. This is the story of that season and the terrifying ordeal of men, women, and children caught at sea in hurricanes and those who survived to take up the battle to drive the French from the Eastern seas. Mauritius must be taken at any cost! |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Naval operations.
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Indian Ocean Region -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
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Mauritius -- History -- 19th century.
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Réunion -- History -- 19th century.
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Audiobooks.
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Adams, James.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982487775 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982487771 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12395142 |
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