Nelson's Sailors
| Autor: | Fremont-Barnes, Gregory |
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| EAN: | 9781841769066 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 64 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 10.08.2005 |
| Schlagworte: | History - Military / War |
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Drawing on many contemporary sources and eyewitness accounts, this book examines the lives of the ordinary sailors of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815), detailing their attitudes, duties, comforts, hardships, vices and virtues. The popular image of the British sailor of this time is of a press-ganged wretch living off weevil-infested food, motivated only by prize money and facing constant hazards aboard a floating hell, where discipline was maintained by the lash. The extent to which this enduring image accords with reality is revealed here.
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