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9780670785841 | Viking Pr, August 15, 2013, cover price $27.95

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A dramatic account of the Napoleonic War as it was fought on the naval front between 1798 and 1815 draws on eyewitness records to offer insight into its battles as well as the experiences of period sailors. By the author of the best-selling Nelson's Trafalgar. Simultaneous.

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9781400134830 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, September 1, 2007), cover price $109.99 | About this edition: An account of the Napoleonic War as it was fought on the naval front between 1798 and 1815 draws on eyewitness records to offer insight into its battles as well as the experiences of period sailors.

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Product Description: As he did with his much lauded Nelson?s Trafalgar, Roy Adkins (now writing with wife Lesley) again thrusts readers into the perils and thrills of early-nineteenth-century warfare. From its very first page, this is an adventure story?a superb account of the naval war that lasted from Napoleon?s seizure of power in 1798 to the War of 1812 with the United States...read more

Hardcover:

9780670038640 | Viking Pr, August 16, 2007, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: An account of the Napoleonic War as it was fought on the naval front between 1798 and 1815 draws on eyewitness records to offer insight into its battles as well as the experiences of period sailors.

Paperback:

9780143113928 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, July 29, 2008), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: As he did with his much lauded Nelson?
9780349119168 | New edition (Gardners Books, August 2, 2007), cover price $19.80 | also contains The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo, The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo | About this edition: * A gripping account of the most action-packed years of British naval history

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9781400104833 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, September 1, 2007), cover price $54.99 | About this edition: An account of the Napoleonic War as it was fought on the naval front between 1798 and 1815 draws on eyewitness records to offer insight into its battles as well as the experiences of period sailors.

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A dramatic account of the Napoleonic War as it was fought on the naval front between 1798 and 1815 draws on eyewitness records to offer insight into its battles as well as the experiences of period sailors. By the author of the best-selling Nelson's Trafalgar. Simultaneous.

Paperback:

9780349119168 | New edition (Gardners Books, August 2, 2007), cover price $19.80 | also contains The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo, The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo | About this edition: * A gripping account of the most action-packed years of British naval history

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9781400154838 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, September 1, 2007), cover price $39.99 | About this edition: An account of the Napoleonic War as it was fought on the naval front between 1798 and 1815 draws on eyewitness records to offer insight into its battles as well as the experiences of period sailors.

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A 200th anniversary account of the battle that prevented Napoleon's invasion of Britain presents detailed information on its events and historical impact, describing the command and death of Horatio Nelson and the events that led to Waterloo.

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9780786282630 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, January 18, 2006), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A 200th anniversary account of the battle that prevented Napoleon's invasion of Britain presents detailed information on its events and historical impact, describing the command and death of Horatio Nelson and the events that led to Waterloo.
9780670034482 | Viking Pr, August 18, 2005, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A 200th anniversary account of the battle that prevented Napoleon's invasion of Britain presents detailed information on its events and historical impact, describing the command and death of Horatio Nelson, the contributions of women and child crew members, and the events that led to Waterloo.

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9780143037958 | Penguin USA, October 31, 2006, cover price $18.00

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9788408061045, titled "Trafalgar / Trafalgar" | Editorial Planeta Mexicana Sa De cv, April 30, 2006, cover price $8.95

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This is an account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson.

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9780316729789 | Gardners Books, September 16, 2004, cover price $21.40 | About this edition: This is an account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in Nelson.

Describes how the Romans built an empire and discusses every aspect of Roman life, from emperors to farmers, from games to religion (view table of contents)

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9781555217099, titled "Introduction to the Romans" | Book Sales, August 1, 1991, cover price $12.98 | About this edition: Describes how the Romans built an empire and discusses every aspect of Roman life, from emperors to farmers, from games to religion

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9780785816096 | Chartwell Books, August 1, 2002, cover price $6.99

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The fascinating true tale of Jean Frantois Champollion chronicles the French linguist's successful efforts to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphics with the help of the Rosetta Stone over the course of nearly two decades. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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9780060953492 | Reprint edition (Perennial, December 1, 2001), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: The fascinating true tale of Jean Frantois Champollion chronicles the French linguist's successful efforts to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphics with the help of the Rosetta Stone over the course of nearly two decades.

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Jean-Francois Champollion was obsessed with ancient languages from a very young age, and once he heard of the unreadable ancient Egyptian text he had found the challenge to which he would dedicate his life. This is the story of the race to decipher hieroglyphs - a race which Champollion won.

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9780006531456 | New edition (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, September 3, 2001), cover price $19.30 | About this edition: Jean-Francois Champollion was obsessed with ancient languages from a very young age, and once he heard of the unreadable ancient Egyptian text he had found the challenge to which he would dedicate his life.

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The fascinating true tale of Jean Frantois Champollion chronicles the French linguist's successful efforts to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphics with the help of the Rosetta Stone over the course of nearly two decades. 35,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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9780060194390 | Harpercollins, October 1, 2000, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the twenty-year attempt of French linguist Jean-Francois Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics despite poverty, ill health, competition by English physician Thomas Young, and political enemies.

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