Nelson S Navy In Fiction And Film

Author : Sue Parrill
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786458035

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Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film by Sue Parrill Pdf

This book provides summaries and analyses of more than 250 novels and nearly 30 films and examines the extent to which they accurately reflect the history, mores and manners of the period--and the extent to which they reveal the ideas and attitudes of their authors and of the periods in which they were written. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature and importance of the war at sea for the British and on the role of famous naval officers such as Nelson, Pellew, Duncan, Smith and Cochrane in the defeat of Napoleon.

Author : Brian Lavery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472841353

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Nelson's Navy by Brian Lavery Pdf

The perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet.

Author : Philip Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780966410

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Nelson's Navy by Philip Haythornthwaite Pdf

Despite the many celebrated victories of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the role of the Royal Navy should never be overlooked. The 'wooden walls' formed the country's first and most important line of defence, and ranged throughout the world to protect Britain's trade-routes and in support of the land forces and overseas possessions. This book covers the huge variations in uniforms not just in the Navy but the Royal Marines and Infantry regiments which served alongside naval crews. It also looks at the organisation, training and recruitment of the force and corrects a number of misconceptions regarding impressment and training.

Author : Peter G. Goodwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1844429652

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Men O' War by Peter G. Goodwin Pdf

The opening of the film Master and Commander will bring the realities of life in the Navy at the time of the Napoleonic wars to a whole new audience. Based on the first of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian, and starring Oscar-winner Russell Crowe, it is set to be a blockbuster. Published in conjunction with the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, one of the world's finest Naval museums, Men o'War contains a wealth of illustrations and first-hand accounts. Discover the hardships, the discipline and the dangers of life on board the Royal Navy's warships in the early nineteenth century. Including information on the French and Spanish navies, and an outline of Nelson's career and battles, Men o'War is a complete account of the real world behind the fiction.

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393089165

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Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy by Patrick O'Brian Pdf

A concise overview, richly illustrated, of the historical background to the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels. This book is a companion to Patrick O'Brian's sea novels, a straightforward exploration of what daily life in Nelson's navy was really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit. What did they eat? What songs did they sing? What was the schedule of watches? How were the officers and crew paid, and what was the division of prize-money? These questions and many more are answered in Patrick O'Brian's elegant narrative, which includes wonderful anecdotal material on the battles and commanders that established Britain's naval supremacy. Line drawings and charts help us to understand the construction and rigging of the great ships, the types and disposition of the guns, and how they were operated in battle. A number of contemporary drawings and cartoons illustrate aspects of naval life from the press gang to the scullery. Finally, a generous selection of full-color paintings render the majesty and the excitement of fleet actions in the age of fighting sail.

Author : Janet Macdonald
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473835160

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Feeding Nelson's Navy by Janet Macdonald Pdf

The author of How to Cook from A-Z disproves the myth of British navy culinary misconduct in “a work of serious history that is a delight to read” (British Food in America). This celebration of the Georgian sailor’s diet reveals how the navy’s administrators fed a fleet of more than 150,000 men, in ships that were often at sea for months on end and that had no recourse to either refrigeration or canning. Contrary to the prevailing image of rotten meat and weevily biscuits, their diet was a surprisingly hearty mixture of beer, brandy, salt beef and pork, peas, butter, cheese, hard biscuit, and the exotic sounding lobscouse, not to mention the Malaga raisins, oranges, lemons, figs, dates, and pumpkins which were available to ships on far-distant stations. In fact, by 1800 the British fleet had largely eradicated scurvy and other dietary disorders. While this scholarly work contains much of value to the historian, the author’s popular touch makes this an enthralling story for anyone with an interest in life at sea in the age of sail. “Overall this is an excellent examination of this crucial aspect of British naval power, and I’m certainly going to try out some of the recipes.” —HistoryOfWar.org

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0393326608

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Life in Nelson's Navy by Patrick O'Brian Pdf

Author : Victoria Carolan
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843447672

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Nelson by Victoria Carolan Pdf

Nelson continues to fascinate academics as well as the general public. He is still considered one of Britain's greatest heroes and featured within the top ten of the BBC poll of such figures. But why does Nelson still remain such a prominent figure in the national imagination? Beginning with Nelson's early life and an analysis of the condition and practice of the Navy at the time of Nelson's entry into service, Carolan goes on to examine Nelson's naval battles before Trafalgar, particularly the pivotal Battle of the Nile in which the then Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson, with a fleet of fourteen ships, captured six and destroyed seven French vessels out of a total of seventeen and in the process achieved one of the most decisive victories in the age of sail and re-established British command of the Mediterranean. Devoting a full section to the Battle of Trafalgar, Carolan looks in detail at the build-up to the battle, the events and progress of the battle, at the Admirals of the French and Spanish navies and explains why the battle was so decisive in the Napoleonic Wars. She goes on to look at the immediate aftermath of Nelson's death and his state funeral and then to his legacy, the building of monuments (particularly Trafalagar Square and Nelson's Column), the development of the Nelson myth, his depiction in film, his value for propaganda purposes during the two world wars and the current state of scholarship on Nelson.

Author : James Davey
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300217322

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In Nelson's Wake by James Davey Pdf

Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: An “impressive” account of how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon’s ultimate defeat (International Journal of Military History). Horatio Nelson’s celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy’s role in the struggle against Napoleonic France was far from over. This groundbreaking book asserts that, contrary to the accepted notion that the Battle of Trafalgar essentially completed the Navy’s task, the war at sea actually intensified over the next decade, ceasing only with Napoleon’s final surrender. In this dramatic account of naval contributions between 1803 and 1815, James Davey offers original and exciting insights into the Napoleonic wars and Britain’s maritime history. Encompassing Trafalgar, the Peninsular War, the War of 1812, the final campaign against Napoleon, and many lesser known but likewise crucial moments, the book sheds light on the experiences of individuals high and low, from admiral and captain to sailor and cabin boy. The cast of characters also includes others from across Britain—dockyard workers, politicians, civilians—who made fundamental contributions to the war effort, and in so doing, both saved the nation and shaped Britain’s history.

Author : Philip J. Haythornthwaite,William Younghusband,Martin Windrow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:863241285

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Nelson's Navy by Philip J. Haythornthwaite,William Younghusband,Martin Windrow Pdf

Author : Roy Adkins
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440627293

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Nelson's Trafalgar by Roy Adkins Pdf

An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle, from the co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018) In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy under Lord Horatio Nelson dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar comes boldly to life in this definitive work that re-creates those five momentous, earsplitting hours with unrivaled detail and intensity.

Author : B. Burg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230590700

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Boys at Sea by B. Burg Pdf

Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. The book traces every feature of sexual life at sea, including seduction, rape, prostitution, courts martial, and the punishments meted out to those convicted of violating the stern moral code set down in the Articles of War .

Author : Patrick O’Brian
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008356002

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Men-of-War: Life in Nelson’s Navy by Patrick O’Brian Pdf

Out of print for many years, this is a brand new edition of the definitive companion to the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, written by the author himself.

Author : Nicholas Tracy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000109858344

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Who's who in Nelson's Navy by Nicholas Tracy Pdf

This new collection of short biographies tells of the heroic deeds of two hundred prominent officers who fought at sea through the wars against the French Republic and Empire. The circumstances of a war for national survival and social order put an end to the political divisions which had characterized the officer class of the Royal Navy in the preceding two centuries and produced a remarkable body of men whose competence, commitment and ability where to lead to Britain's complete command of the oceans; the most outstanding of these form the core of this book. Each biography, of around one thousand words, describes the events in these men's careers and sets their achievements within the context of the wars. Their early lives and promotions are detailed as well as their marriages and family lives. Indeed, the extraordinary web of personal and service relationships that emerges is one of the fascinating themes of the book; connections made a vast difference between languishing as a lieutenant and being remembered when a ship needed a commander. Drawing on contemporary and nineteenth-century sources the author has put together a fascinating collection of lives which make for rousing reading; but the details of promotions and other events will also make the book an important reference work for scholars and enthusiasts of the period.

Author : James P Mcguane
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-29
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780393047493

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Heart of Oak by James P Mcguane Pdf

From tar-ladles and snuffboxes to sailmaker's fids and carronades, this is a gorgeous photographic essay on Jack Aubrey's world in the Royal Navy. 280 color illustrations.