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Napoleonic-era accounts of life aboard Royal Navy warships: âReaders of Patrick OâBrian and C. S. Forester will enjoy this collectionâ (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 menâfrom officers to deckhands to surgeons. These are their stories.  The inspiration for the bestselling novels by Patrick OâBrian 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 âiron men on wooden shipsâ are long gone, their deeds echo through the centuries. |
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