Overview
What was life really like on a wooden warship? This book takes a look at life aboard the 42-gun frigate HMS ""Doris"" - launched from Bombay in 1807 and finally retired at Valparaiso in 1829. Vale concentrates on her service on the South American station under Sir Thomas Hardy as she protected British interests during the stormy years of South American Independence. The author covers in vivid detail the operations in Brazil, Chile and Peru, both from the political and military angle and from the perspective of the sailors, to give a fascinating account of the everyday concerns and routines of life on shipboard.
Full Product Details
Author: Brian Vale
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Edition: illustrated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.490kg
ISBN: 9781860646546
ISBN 10: 1860646549
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 29 June 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
. ..an interesting picture of one ship in the post-war navy... --Paul Webb, Albion <br>. ..An excellent book, which combines naval authority with literary elegance. --Lawrence Phillips, The Ships Telegraph<br>. . . It is on the whole easy to read; unlike some books.. . . --Anne Gwynn, Marie Stuart Society Journal<br> A serious, seriously irresistible addition to the literature of the classic era of sailing warfare. -- Booklist <br> valuable and very readable book <br> -Sea History <br>
.,. an interesting picture of one ship in the post-war navy... --Paul Webb, Albion <br>.,. An excellent book, which combines naval authority with literary elegance. --Lawrence Phillips, The Ships Telegraph<br>. . . It is on the whole easy to read; unlike some books.. . . --Anne Gwynn, Marie Stuart Society Journal<br> A serious, seriously irresistible addition to the literature of the classic era of sailing warfare. -- Booklist <br> valuable and very readable book <br> -Sea History <br>
. . .an interesting picture of one ship in the post-war navy... --Paul Webb, Albion . . .An excellent book, which combines naval authority with literary elegance. --Lawrence Phillips, The Ships Telegraph. . . It is on the whole easy to read; unlike some books.. . . --Anne Gwynn, Marie Stuart Society Journal A serious, seriously irresistible addition to the literature of the classic era of sailing warfare. -- Booklist valuable and very readable book -Sea History
Author Information
Brian Vale is the author of Independence or Death and A War Betwixt Englishmen (both I.B.Tauris).
