The Line Upon a Wind: The Great War at Sea 1793-1815 by Noel Mostert - 2008

W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 2008. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

W. W. Norton & Company, 2008-07-17. Hardcover. Used: Good.

W. W. Norton & Company, 2008-07-17. Hardcover. Good. wear and tear to DJ some wear on edges of cover stains on edges of pages slight sun damage slight wear to binding

W. W. Norton & Company, 2008-07-17. Hardcover. Good. Nice book. Spine has a reading crease in it.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co Inc, 2008 The Great War at Sea 1793-1815.
The thrilling story of Britain's death-struggle with Revolutionary France, wherein Napoleon is checkmated by Nelson's brilliant naval exploits.
Stated 1st American Edition.
AS NEW condition, jacket with a tiny repaired tear at the head of the spine, else fine.
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W. W. Norton & Company, 2008-07-17. Book Club. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. NOT an ex library book. 774 pages including the index. Dust jacket has crease on endflap, no chips or tears.

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2008. xxv, 774 pages, [16] pages, illustrations, maps, plans; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Top edge lightly soiled. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "In February 1793 France declared war on Britain, and for the next twenty-two years the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars raged. This was to be the longest, cruelest war ever fought at sea, comparable in scale only to the Second World War. New naval tactics were brought to bear, along with such unheard-of weapons as rockets, torpedoes, and submarines. The war on land saw the rise of the greatest soldier the world had ever known--Napoleon Buonaparte--whose vast ambition was thwarted by a genius he never met in person or in battleL: Admiral Horatio Nelson" - Publisher. CONTENTS: I. THE TACTICAL EVOLUTION. II. THE GREAT WAR, FIRST PHASE, 1793-1805.… Read More