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London, United Kingdom: National Maritime Museum, 2005. 287 pages index biblio footnotes prof ill colour and b/w photos illustrations This beautifully illustrated book will accompany the National Maritime Museum's major exhibition, 'Nelson & Napoleon', which opens in July 2005. The first exhibition to explore together the lives of these two dominant leaders, the catalogue features over 300 historical artefacts, including many objects which are being displayed together for the first time. Essays by world experts combine the dramatic history of two nations with stories about these individuals. The book examines how these men earned their reputations, their personal lives and the political and military conditions that brought them to the fore. Featuring specially commissioned photographs, this unique publication contains rare glimpses of otherwise little-seen objects from private collections and offers a new insight into these two leaders . First Edition. Buckram. New/New.