1805, Richard Woodman, UK pb 1987

This paperback is Richard Woodman's novel '1805' published by Sphere Books in the UK in 1987.   Book is in reasonable condition, (see picture).  246 pages. Picture is of actual book.

SYNOPSIS: As a mark of special favour from the First Lord of the Admiralty, Nathaniel Drinkwater has command of HMS Antigone, once a French National frigate until he captured her some years earlier in the Red Sea.  Now Napoleon is massing his vast armies ready for the invasion of Britain, waiting only for the arrival of the combined Fleet of France and Spain.  Antigone is sent to patrol the Channel coast, helping the royal Navy maintain a heroic blockade of the enemy's ports.  But when the French finally manage to slip through British lines it seems Napoleon's plan must succeed.  After months of desperate resistance everything now hinges on the confrontation that Nelson has forced off Cape Trafalgar, an epic action in which Nathaniel has a crucial and unexpected role.....