Review: Julian Stockwin’s “Conquest”
November 1, 2011
Dramatic retellings of the struggle between Great Britain and France under Napoleon often end with Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar, as if everything naval in the Napoleonic Wars that happened after the great battle was hardly more than a long epilog. But as author Julian Stockwin and many historians see it, the battle opened the gates … More Review: Julian Stockwin’s “Conquest”