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OverviewThe maritime war against Napoleon did not end with the Battle of Trafalgar, but continued right up to 1815, with even more British ships and sailors deployed after 1805 than before. One key theatre was the Baltic, where the British commander was Admiral Saumarez. He had had a highly successful career as a post-Captain, notably at the two battles of Algeciras as a newly-promoted Rear-Admiral. For five years from 1808 as Commander-in-Chief of a large Baltic fleet, he played a very skilful diplomatic role, combining firmness and restraint, and working with Sweden contrary to the instincts of his superiors in London, even when she declared war. Despite the determined efforts of Denmark's gunboats and privateers, he successfully kept British trade flowing in and out of the Baltic, undermining Napoleon's 'Continental System' - the economic blockade of Britain - and leading to Napoleon's fateful decision to invade Russia in 1812. This book, based on extensive original research in both British and Scandinavian archives and making considerable use of Saumarez' unpublished correspondence , charts the maritime and political history of the war in the Baltic.It illustrates the highly successful, highly esteemed role the Admiral played and looks at the nature and motivation of the man himself revealed in his letters and in the private letters of Count von Rosen, Governor of Gothenburg and chief link between Saumarez and former French Marshal Bernadotte, Crown Prince of Sweden, later to be crowned King Karl XIV Johan. TIM VOELCKER gained his PhD in maritime history at the University of Exeter. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tim VoelckerPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: The Boydell Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781843834311ISBN 10: 1843834316 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 20 November 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction The Baltic in Autumn 1807 Sir James Saumarez' Early Career Saumarez Takes up his Baltic Command The Crisis of Rogervik The Conversion to Peacemaker The Pea Islands Marshal 'Belle-Jambe' Declares War The Affair of the Carlshamn Cargoes The Von Rosen Letters Diplomatic Intrigues: Napoleon's Fateful Decision The Final Year Conclusions The Man or the Situation Appendix BibliographyReviewsA model of careful scholarship. NAVY NEWS An excellent, well researched work that adds to the understanding of the Napoleonic Wars. ARMCHAIR AUCTIONS (A) very well-founded biography. The diligence and scholarship evident in Tim Voelcker's book will surely make it the defining work on Saumarez in the Baltic for years to come. For specialists of the period and for the relevant libraries and institutions that support them, I suspect this will remain an important and significant piece of work. THE NAVAL REVIEW A model of careful scholarship. NAVY NEWS An excellent, well researched work that adds to the understanding of the Napoleonic Wars. ARMCHAIR AUCTIONS Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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