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Taylor, Stephen,

Storm and conquest : the battle for the Indian Ocean, 1808-10 / Stephen Taylor. - London : Faber, 2007. - 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Admiral Pellew's strategy -- 2. A petition from Bombay -- 3. General Macdowall's grievance -- 4. 'Sir Henry Gwillim embarks and the Devil go with him' -- 5. 'Not heard of again' -- 6. 'A cabal in the maintop' -- 7. Justice at the Gape -- 8. 'One of the most wicked places in the Universe' -- 9. Sir George Barlow draws his sword -- 10. 'A perfect hurricane' -- 11. 'The most terrible of deaths' -- 12. Pellew's revenge

PART II: CONQUEST -- 13. Return to lie de France -- 14. 'A mongrel kind of gendeman' -- 15. 'The enterprizing Captain Corbet' -- 16. Batde on Bourbon -- 17. Commodore Hamelin's cruise -- 18 Christmas at the India House

ISBN: 9780571224654 (hbk.) 0571224652 (hbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Indian Ocean Region.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Indian Ocean--Strategic aspects--History
Mauritius--History
Great Britain--History, Naval
France--History, Naval

Dewey Class. No.: 808.83 / TAY/S