Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1793-1815 - Hardcover

Lavery, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870212583 ISBN 13: 9780870212581

Publisher: Naval Inst Pr, 2000

Synopsis

First published in 1990, this encyclopedic yet highly readable work gives an indepth description of the Royal Navy in Lord Nelson's time. Filled with over four hundred illustrations, the book is divided into fourteen sections that deal with the design and construction of ships, the navy's administration, and life at sea. Other topics include shiphandling and navigation, gunnery techniques and fighting tactics, and a discussion of foreign navies of the day. Nelson's Navy is an important source book for the naval historian, a valuable reference for the enthusiast, and a revelation to the general reader.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

With a foreword by Patrick O'Brian, Nelson's Navy is the definitive reference work on the British Navy in the Napoleonic era for individuals with an interest in the workings of the greatest fleet of the sailing era. Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the sailing navy, the book contains considerable original research to give a clear and authentic picture of the British navy as a coherent yet complex whole.

About the Author:

Brian Lavery, the curator of ship technology at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, is the author of several books, including Jack Aubrey Commands, Nelson and the Nile, and The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War, 1600-1815.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0870212583
• ISBN 13: 9780870212581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352