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Author : Geoffrey Jules Marcus
Publisher : New York : Viking Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033703211
Author : Brian Lavery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472841353
The perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet.
Author : David Davies
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797
ISBN : 0811711188
Britain's great Ships of the Line -- their armament, their commanders, and the daily life of the men who served on them.
Author : Brian Lavery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472841353
The perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet.
Author : Quintin Colville
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844862252
Nelson, Navy & Nation explores the Royal Navy's relationship with Britain from the Glorious Revolution to the Napoleonic Wars. The book encompasses the realities of naval life in this period; the navy's connection to society; culture and national identity; and the story of Nelson's life and career. It brings together a distinguished panel of leading historians including Roger Knight, Andrew Lambert, Brian Lavery, N.A.M. Rodger and Dan Snow. Together, they give a fascinating contextual overview, from the terrifying realities of battle in the age of sail to the lives of ordinary people ashore who celebrated the navy's achievements. It places the extraordinary achievements of Horatio Nelson within a wider context that makes sense of his dazzling celebrity. In so doing, it reveals that the story of the Royal Navy and Nelson is also the story of the fears and ambitions of the British people. Beautifully illustrated throughout from the world-leading collections of the National Maritime Museum, the book combines accessible narrative history for the general reader with superb visual appeal. It is an ideal companion to the Museum's new permanent 'Nelson, Navy, Nation' gallery, which opened in October 2013.
Author : Dean King,John B. Hattendorf
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781453238325
Napoleonic-era accounts of life aboard Royal Navy warships: “Readers of Patrick O’Brian and C. S. Forester will enjoy this collection” (Library Journal). At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the British Navy was the mightiest instrument of war the world had ever known. The Royal Navy patrolled the seas from India to the Caribbean, connecting an empire with footholds in every corner of the earth. Such a massive Navy required the service of more than 100,000 men—from officers to deckhands to surgeons. These are their stories. The inspiration for the bestselling novels by Patrick O’Brian and C. S. Forester, these memoirs and diaries, edited by Dean King, provide a true portrait of life aboard British warships during one of the most significant eras of world history. Their tellers are officers and ordinary sailors, and their subjects range from barroom brawls to the legendary heroics of Lord Horatio Nelson himself. Though these “iron men on wooden ships” are long gone, their deeds echo through the centuries.
Author : Philip Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780966410
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 : Keith Gregson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1860062008
Author : Steven E Maffeo
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612513256
In today's world of satellites and electronic eavesdropping it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminating secret intelligence in time of war. This book treats readers to a close-up look at the ingenious methods used to obtain and analyze secret material and deliver it to operational forces at sea. It brings together information from a variety of sources to provide the first concise analysis of the use and development of intelligence in the days of fighting sail. The British experience from 1793 to 1815 is the book's main focus, but it also includes French and American activity. In addition the book examines how commanders used the information to develop strategy and tactics and win--or sometime lose--battles. A naval intelligence officer himself, author Steven Maffeo illustrates the role of this ""dark craft"" by concentrating on the experiences of Lord Nelson and his contemporaries. A profoundly complex figure, Nelson epitomized the active acquisition of intelligence and the bold execution of decisions based on an understanding of the material, and Maffeo offers fresh and illuminating information that supports the admiral's high regard for intelligence work. Reading at times like a cloak-and-dagger mystery, the story is filled with examples of how Nelson and his associates dealt with intelligence obstacles and how the outcomes affected their own futures, and, in some cases, the history of the modern world. Maffeo's anecdotes give marvelous insight into the thoughts of the era's important figures, Bonaparte, Pitt, Spencer, and Cochrane--not to mention C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin. The author's winning combination of vibrant narrative and zeal for accuracy assures this book a place in the libraries of military and intelligence professionals, historians, and Forester and O'Brian aficionados.
Author : Peter Le Fevre,Richard Harding
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Admirals
ISBN : 1861762062
Although Nelson was the most prominent naval officer of the age, he was only the most successful of a outstanding group of commanders that led the Royal Navy to its unprecedented success in the wars of 1793-1815. The contribution of his contemporaries has been neglected, however, largely because so few admirals have received proper modern study. This volume sets out to adjust the record by providing a series of in-depth biographical essays of the most important figures, each written by a well-known specialist in the field. Since every chapter was commissioned specially for this book, the coverage has been organised to dovetail perfectly, resulting in a coherent history of the art of command in the sailing navy at its apogee. At around 10,000 words, each essay is substantial and allows the author scope for both detail and argument. Each of the contributors is a recognized authority and the resulting book is largely based on original and unpublished research. Following the pattern of the well-received Precursors of Nelson, this book is a major contribution to the naval history of the great French wars. It will become required reading for every historian of the period.
Author : Timothy Jenks
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199297719
Naval Engagements explores the role of the Royal Navy in eighteenth-century political culture. This was the legendary age of sail, in which heroic commanders such as Admiral Nelson won great victories for Britain. Timothy Jenks reveals the ways in which these battles and the heroes who fought them were deployed in British politics.
Author : Geoffrey Jules Marcus
Publisher : New York : Viking Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0670109657
Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472802002
By the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain was the undisputed master of the seas, owing to the power and strength of the Royal Navy. Its fleets, comprising ships of the line, frigates, and gunboats, had doubled in size since the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, totalling almost a thousand capital vessels. This book examines the commanders, men, and ships of the Royal Navy during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, and discusses the Navy's command structure (from the Admiralty down to ship level) and its organization at sea. The tactics employed in action by a fleet, squadron, and individual ship, respectively are also discussed, as are the medical services providing a fascinating insight into the navy that ruled the waves.
Author : Michael Arthur Lewis,Michael Lewis
Publisher : London : Allen & Unwin
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B72041
Author : Gareth Cole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317322399
The Office of Ordnance has been ill-served by previous accounts of its role in arming the Royal Navy during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Cole offers an in-depth examination of its organizational structure and demonstrates how the department responded to the pressures of war over an extended period of time.
