The Army, the Navy, and the Napoleonic Wars

Gillian Russell

doi:10.1002/9781444305968.ch22

The Army, the Navy, and the Napoleonic Wars

Gillian Russell^*

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	A Companion to Jane Austen
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons
Pages	261-271
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9781405149099
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444305968.ch22
Publication status	Published - 6 Mar 2009

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