1805 (Nathaniel Drinkwater ; #6)
Adventure stories, Sea stories
Human-narrated audio
Summary
It is the summer of 1804, and all along the Channel coast of France Napoleon is massing his vast army for the invasion of England, awaiting only the arrival of his Combined Fleet to sweep the British from the sea… for a few vital days. Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater's vessel, the Antigone, is sent to patrol the Channel coast, helping the Royal Navy maintain a blockade of the enemy's ports. Drinkwater's extraordinary part in bringing about the great confrontation off Cape Trafalgar, in October 1805, is here told for the first time. 1985. (Nathaniel Drinkwater ; 6)