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This is a gripping account of how the men of Nelson's navy lived and fought, written by the author of the ever-popular Ramage sagas. Based on years of research and reading in contemporary sources, it brings alive, in a way that few other books have done, naval shipboard life during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Every aspect is covered: the Navy's ships and their weapons, the daily routine of officers and men, the harsh discipline and punishments, the Press Gang, the threat of disease and how the Navy sought to combat it, and the ever-present lure of prize money. It describes how the men who won the battles of Cape St Vincent, the Nile and Trafalgar lived their daily lives, and how in spite of all the hardships they faced, they dominated the seas so completely throughout the Napoleonic Wars. This highly readable book will delight and enlighten all those who seek a vivid yet accurate account of life in the Navy of Nelson's era. SEVENTH REPRINT OF THIS EDITION
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DUDLEY POPE served in the Second World War as a cadet in the Merchant Navy until wounded in the Battle of the Atlantic. During seventeen years in Fleet Street as a naval correspondent he began his career as an historian and in 1959 he resigned to become a full-time writer. In 1965 he set sail for the West Indies, where he and his wife lived and cruised until his death in 1997. His other non-fiction books include the best-selling England Expects and Flag 4, both available from Chatham.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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For anyone with an interest in the naval history of the Napoleonic period, this is probably the best as well as the most readable introduction. Particularly pleasing are the lengths Pope goes to to give the modern reader a sense of perspective with regard to aspects of our history that we have been used to thinking of as barbaric. For example, the idea of the Press Gang fills us with horror, until we remember that the Britain of the late 18th Century was facing invasion, and yet pressed a fraction of the number of men conscripted in this century when facing a similar prospect. This book would have got five crowns if Pope had not tended on occasion to get carried away with his love of his subject and give lengthy lists of ship's stores, etc.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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For anyone with an interest in life aboard Nelson navy this book is a must have. Its literally packed with interesting gems of information and paints a vivid picture of what life must have been aboard ship. Its thoroughly researched and is quite a long book too. Very highly recommended if this is your thing.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have recently read numerous books around the subject of life in the Georgian Navy. This was at least as good as any of them. Full of fascinating detail and personal Histories. Highly recomended.
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