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The Fighting Temeraire (Hardcover)
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The Fighting Temeraire (Hardcover)
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The H.M.S. Temeraire, one of Britains most illustrious fighting
ships, is known to millions through J.M.W. Turners masterpiece, The
Fighting Temeraire (1839), which portrays the battle-scarred
veteran of Britains wars with Napoleonic France. In this evocative
new volume, Sam Willis tells the extraordinary story of the vessel
behind the painting and the making of the painting itself. Turner's
Temeraire was the second ship in the Royal Navy to carry the name.
The first, a French warship captured and commandeered by the
British in 1759, served with distinction during the Seven Years'
War before being sold off in 1784. The second Temeraire, named in
honor of her predecessor, was a prestigious three-decked, 98-gun
warship that broke through the French and Spanish line directly
astern of Nelsons flagship Victory at Trafalgar in 1805, saving the
Vice-Admiral at a crucial moment in the battle. This tale of two
ships spans the heyday of the age of sail: the climaxes of both the
Seven Years War (1756-63) and the Napoleonic Wars (1798-1815).
Filled with richly evocative detail, and narrated with the pace and
gusto of a master storyteller, The Fighting Temeraire is an
enthralling and deeply satisfying work of narrative history.
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