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Tested by Fate
David Donachie
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Description for Tested by Fate
Paperback. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 540.
It's 1784 and Nelson is sent to the Caribbean to enforce the hated Navigation Acts. While there, he marries Fanny Nisbet. Ordered next to the Mediterranean, he engages in a string of spectacular naval battles: Cape St Vincent, Tenerife, and the Nile. The ravages of war take their physical toll on Nelson, even as he gains the fame and honor he desperately craves.
It's 1784 and Nelson is sent to the Caribbean to enforce the hated Navigation Acts. While there, he marries Fanny Nisbet. Ordered next to the Mediterranean, he engages in a string of spectacular naval battles: Cape St Vincent, Tenerife, and the Nile. The ravages of war take their physical toll on Nelson, even as he gains the fame and honor he desperately craves.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
McBooks Press United States
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
Number of Pages
406
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781590130421
SKU
V9781590130421
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About David Donachie
David Donachie is an avowed lover of naval fiction with a stroke of mischief, and he has lately published a multivolume biographical novel about Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton. Writing as Tom Connery, he is the author of the popular Markham of the Marines novels. A Scot by birth, he lives in Deal on the Channel coast of England. ... Read more
Reviews for Tested by Fate
"The strength of Donachie's writing lies in his convincing dialogue that brilliantly conveys the personalities of Nelson and Hamilton. The author certainly has done his homework . . . historical facts are very cleverly intertwined into the story."
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