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Book SynopsisFor more than twenty years after the executions of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1793, France and England waged a protracted war that ended in British victory. In
Titan, William R. Nester offers a deeply informed and thoroughly fascinating narrative of how England accomplished this remarkable feat.
Trade ReviewIn
Titan, William R. Nester offers a compelling and comprehensive account of a turbulent period in the development of Britain as a great power, a period that shaped the early decades of American history."" - Jeremy Black, author of
Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519 - 1871""Between 1793 and 1815 Britain was Napoleonic France's most consistent adversary. British armies triumphed over their French foes in battle after battle, while the Royal Navy ensured that Britannia ruled the waves. In this lively and accessible account, William R. Nester tells the story of what remained the greatest war effort in British history until the total conflicts of the twentieth century."" - Charles J. Esdaile, author of
Napoleon's Wars: An International History""William R. Nester's masterful chronicle provides meaningful insight into the development and exercise of British power in the era of the modern nation-state. But the book is also about people--men who wrestled with the circumstances of the times and strove to overcome their own weaknesses in order to determine the fates of whole populations. This is grand history at its finest."" - Edward G. Lengel, author of
To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918
