This books recounts the Franco-British naval struggle in the Mediterranean post-Trafalgar, the siege of Capri, Murat's attack on Sicily, naval engagements of the coast of Spain and most notably in the Adriatic not far from Venice (cannon from this engagement have recently been salvaged).
Stopping Napoleon: War and Intrigue in the Mediterranean
Author(s) : POCOCK Tom
- Year of publication :
- 2004
- Place and publisher :
- London: John Murray
- Number of pages :
- 288