Every Man Will Do His Duty: An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson
by Dean King 
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Twenty-two enthralling stories of the Royal Navy, bringing to vivid life the greatest battles and daily struggles of seafaring in the Napoleonic era 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 menfrom officers to deckhands to show more surgeons. These are their stories.The inspiration for the bestselling novels by Patrick O'Brien 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 ';iron men on wooden ships' are long gone, their deeds echo through the centuries. show lessTags
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A fantastic selection of accounts of life aboard ships in 'the good old days'. Has a great bibliography in case one is inclined to read further, as well.
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Dean King is the author of the national bestseller Skeletons on the Zahara Unbound and A Sea of Words. He has written for many publications including Men's Journal Esquire, Garden Gun, Granta, Outside, and the New York Times. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Every Man Will Do His Duty: An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson
- People/Characters
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
- Important events
- Napoleonic Wars; French Revolution; War of 1812
- Dedication
- For Patrick O'Brian MACTE VIRTUTE
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 359.0092241 — Society, Government, and Culture Public administration & military science Naval forces and warfare Biography; History By Place Biography
- LCC
- DA87.1 .N4 .E94 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History Political, military, naval, and Air Force history.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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