The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy

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Stackpole Books, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 207 pages
No other period of history has spawned such a huge fictional oeuvre as the Nelsonic era. Marryat, Forester, Pope, Kent, Woodman, Donachie and O'Brian are some of the authors whose have fought against the French. The genre has delighted millions of readers but this book is the first to explain, with reference to the novels, that harsh but fascinating world in which those heroes lived. This Companion brings every aspect of the navy vividly to life. The workings of the Admiralty; the design and building of ships; food, drink, entertainment, discipline, medicine, fighting tactics, gunnery, seamanship and shiphandling - all this and much more is described and explained. Whether searching for a recipe for 'spotted dog', or looking for the way to reef the main topsail, it is all here. Book jacket.

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