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Storm and conquest

Name: Storm and conquest
Author: Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor

04 September 2008

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Book Synopsis

The Indian Ocean, 1809. At stake: Britain's commercial lifeline to India and naval supremacy. In one fatal season, the natural order of maritime power since Trafalgar was destroyed. Storm and Conquest brings together the terrifying ordeal of men, women and children caught at sea in hurricanes, and those who survived to drive the French from the Eastern seas. All shared a need to prove themselves - to make a career, or a fortune, or a marriage - in places which could be at once magnificent and terrifying.

About The Author

Stephen Taylor grew up in South Africa, and after moving to Britain worked as a foreign correspondent for The Times in Africa, Asia and Australia. He is the author of several celebrated books on Africa, including The Mighty Nimrod and Livingstone's Tribe: A Journey from Zanzibar to the Cape. The Caliban Shore was called 'a wonderful book' by Paul Theroux and his most recent book, Storm and Conquest, was called 'a triumph . . . a ripping yarn founded on original research' in the Guardian.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780571224678
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber, (04 September 2008)
Number of Pages: 380
Weight: 314 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 195 x 127 x 20 mm
Categories:: Maritime Military