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| Welcome to our bookshop (in association with Amazon.co.uk). Here you can buy our recommended books to learn more about Nelson, his navy and the age of fighting sail. Click on the links below to buy the book of your choice. Alternatively use this search facility to look for other books. | |
| In
Which He Served |
This volume presents every ship in which Nelson served in full detail. Covering HMS Raisonable, HMS Agamemnon and HMS Victory, it provides a background to each vessel, including construction details and looks at the incidents that occured whilst Nelson was on board. Click here to order In Which He Served now!! |
| Trincomalee
- Last of Nelsons Frigates |
Trincomalee belonged to a large class of 38-gun Fifth Rates that have a strong claim to being the Royal Navy's standard frigate type for the whole of the Napoleonic Wars. This book reflects the multiple significance of the ship - its place in the development of the frigate, the importance of the teak building programme in India, its role in the changing world of the nineteenth-century Royal Navy, and even its last contribution as a training vessel for young seamen. Click here to order Trincomalee now!! |
| Above
and Under Hatches |
The latest in the series of original sailors memoirs published by Chatham. Unlike most of the sailors' memoirs of the Nelsonic navy, Gardner's was not written for publication: it was purely intended for the entertainment of his family and friends, and did not see publication until long after his death. As a result potential problems of libel did not constrain him to bite his tongue when it came to opinions of individuals, high and low, in the naval service. Click here to order Above and Under Hatches now!! |
| Seamanship
in the Age of Sail by John Harland |
Describes the proper historical development of seamanship among the major navies of the world. In order to explain even the most complex evolution clearly, over 350 line drawings were specially commissioned. Every aspect of handling a man-of-war is detailed and illustrated from original sources. Click here to order Seamanship in the Age of Sail now!! |
| Nelsons
Navy |
Very
comprehensive and the ideal guide to Nelson's Navy for those with
an interest in the workings of this great fleet. Compulsory reading
for all members of HMS!! Click
here to order Nelsons Navy now!! |
| The
Wooden World by NAM Rodger |
A brilliant dissection of eighteenth century naval society, laying out clearly how the Navy worked, and what life was really like below decks. The picture Nicholas Rodger paints not only completely overturns the traditional view, but is probably one of the most complete portraits we have of a navy of any age. Click here to order The Wooden World now!! |
| A
Sailor of King George by Captain Frederick Hoffman |
These are the memoirs of a naval officer who served right through the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, from 1793 to 1814. He fought at Trafalgar, aboard HMS Tonnant, and was wounded. The fascinating stories include how the incriminating papers of an American privateer were recovered from the belly of the shark that had swallowed them. Click here to order A Sailor of King George now!! |
| Every
Man Will Do His Duty |
This work brings together firsthand accounts of officers and seamen who lived and worked at sea during the French Revolutionary War (1793-1802), the Napoleonic War (1803-1815) and the war of 1812 (1812-1815). An excellent set of primary sources for any historian. Click here to order Every Man Will Do His Duty now!! |
| Nelson:
a Personal History by Christopher Hibbert |
Christopher Hibbert creates an immensely human portrait of the great man - at once humble yet ambitious, kind but at times irritable, exceptionally lovable and yet often vain and self-pitying, unswerving in his sense of professional duty but unfaithful to his wife in one tremendous love affair. Click here to order Nelson: a Personal History now!! |
| The
Prizes of War by Richard Hill |
This text explores fully the complexities of the prize system. Richard Hill has gone deeply into primary and contemporary sources in his research for this text. His conclusions explode many of the myths about corrupt courts, grasping or dishonest agents and venal government practices. Click here to order The Prizes of War now!! |
The
Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649 |
Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness - of its sea power, from the desperate early campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the great Spanish Armada. Covering policy, strategy, ships, recruitment and weapons, this is a superb tapestry of nearly 1,000 years of maritime history. No other historian has examined the subject in anything like the detail found here. The result is an outstanding example of narrative history' Barry Unsworth, Sunday Telegraph. Click here to order The Safeguard of the Sea now!! |
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