Every Man Will Do His Duty: An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson, 1793 1815
Editorial Reviews
Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (retired)
I could feel the heaving deck and smell the gun smoke in these pages.
Book Description
The phenomenal success of Patrick O'Brian's seafaring novels has spawned a great hunger for more reading material on the Royal Navy and the Napoleonic Wars. Dean King has combed through mountains of primary-source material and has selected the most riveting, informative, and entertaining accounts from the great age of sail. His explorations have, in the words of Douglas Day, C. W. Barrett Professor of English at the University of Virginia, "yielded a collection of narratives that are just as exciting as the marvelous Aubrey--Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian."
Told by actual participants, the eyewitness stories range from slices of life at sea to events of great historical significance, including epic battles such as those of Cape St. Vincent and Trafalgar, and the death of Nelson. Every Man Will Do His Duty is sure to delight legions of seafaring adventure fans.
Every Man Will Do His Duty: An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson, 1793 1815
Every Man Will Do His Duty: An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson, 1793 1815,John B. Hattendorf,Owl Publishing Company,0805046097,Europe - Great Britain - General,History,History - General History,History: World,Military - Naval,Military - Other,Western Europe - General
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