Author:
Adkins, Roy (Roy A.) author.
ImprintNew York, New York : Viking, [2017]
Descriptionxxvi, 449 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note:Prologue: Disaster -- Beginnings -- Blockade -- Invasion -- Firepower -- Shortages -- Moonlight battle -- Rodney's relief -- Smallpox -- Gunboats -- Scurvy -- Darby's convoy -- Bombardment -- Devastation -- Surrender -- Countersign steady -- Minorca falls -- French ingenuity -- Tunnels -- Waiting -- Mass attack -- Explosion -- Hurricane -- Peace and plenty -- Aftermath.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-416) and index.
Note:A detailed history of the four-year siege on British forces at Gibraltar by Spanish and French forces draws on first hand accounts and research to describe what life was like for those fighting and living on the island.
