Life in Nelson's Navy [Hardcover]

Dudley Pope (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 279 pages
• Publisher: U. Hyman; First Edition edition (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 004359008X
• ISBN-13: 978-0043590089
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,581,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of Dudley Pope's "Life in Nelson's Navy", January 3, 1998

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This review is from: Life in Nelson's Navy (Bluejacket Books) (Paperback)

This book provides an invaluable resource for readers of any 18th century naval series. It clearly explains Naval life from the aspects of all involved. The book is well illustrated with consice, and really usefull diagrams, and is filled with sketches of artefacts from the period it describes. A detailed Bibliography and index make this book a rival to Patrick O'Brian's similar book. Although I have not read any of the Ramage series, and have read the entire Aubrey/Maturin saga I prefer this to the other author's work. For an account of what life was like in Nelson's Navy I would advise you that your money is better spent on this book than any other availiable on the market currently.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A splendid account of daily life in the wooden ships, August 30, 1999

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This review is from: Life in Nelson's Navy (Bluejacket Books) (Paperback)

Mr. Pope (greatly missed) does a superb job of detailing the activities, traditions, command structure, punishments, battles and nautical slang. This book is filled with informative information for anyone with an interest in the Age of Sail, the battles, the famous ships and commanders. If anybody reads the Kent, O'Brien, Pope or Forrester novels, this book will assist in rounding out the overall picture, a couple of sterling examples are the promotion system and how the ships were rated. Excellent and often humorous account.