Board a mighty warship and sail into history with the latest thrilling instalment in the hit children’s history series
The oceans have become battlefields. Napoleon Bonaparte, conqueror of Europe, has swept one nation after another aside. Now Britain alone stands in his way.
Standing between Napoleon and total victory is one man — Horatio Nelson.
Nelson first went to sea at the age of twelve, and in all the years since, no one has ever seen him flinch. Slight and unassuming, he confounds everyone who doubts him. But now he faces the greatest challenge of his life.
From the frozen north to the shores of Egypt, Nelson must lead Britain’s fightback against the most powerful war machine the world has ever seen. With his country’s fate hanging by a thread, what will it cost him to save it?
The Adventures in Time series brings the past alive for twenty-first century children. These stories are every bit as exciting as those of Harry Potter or Matilda Wormwood. The only difference is they actually happened…
ISBN 13: 9780141999227
Author: Dominic Sandbrook
