French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914 9781526745347, 9781526745330, 1526745348

In 1859 the French navy was at a high point, having fought alongside the British in the Crimean War and developed a form

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French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914
9781526745347, 9781526745330, 1526745348

The second half of the nineteenth century marks a watershed in human history. Railroads linked remote hinterlands with c

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In 1786 the French Navy had just emerged from its most successful war of the eighteenth century, having frequently outfo

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The origins of a permanent French sailing navy can be traced to the work of Cardinal Richelieu in the 1620s, but a virtu

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By the early 1830s the old school of Gothic literature was exhausted. Late Romanticism, emphasising as it did the uncert

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At the zenith of its power in 1809 the Royal Navy comprised one half of all the warships in the world, the first (and la

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The publication of this book sees the completion of a monumental work listing the technical details and career histories

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The publication of this book sees the completion of a monumental work listing the technical details and career histories

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Peter the Great created a navy from nothing, but it challenged and soon surpassed Sweden as the Baltic naval power, whil

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