Softcover book slightly wider than average paperback has color and black & white illustrations of ships; weapons,etc. used in the English Navy of Nelson's era.
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In addition to twenty volumes in the highly respected Aubrey/Maturin series, Patrick O'Brian's many books include "Testimonies," "The Golden Ocean," and "The Unknown Shore". O'Brian also wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks and translated many works from the French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Lacouture's biographies of Charles de Gaulle. He passed away in January 2000 at the age of 85.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not too bad; could be a lot better,
By A Customer
This review is from: Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy (Hardcover)
This book covers some of the ground of Brian Lavery's 'Nelson's Navy'. Lavery's book is much more comprehensive and much larger. O'Brian's book has some color plates, but it was really written to take advantage of his name. I'd buy Lavery's book first, or "The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor, or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship" by Darcy Lever (a contemporary book).
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Crutch for us Landlubbers,
By Prauge Traveler (Germany) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy (Hardcover)
I cannot claim to any nautical experience, however, I do claim to be one of Patrick O'Brian's all time fans. This book has helped me understand what the ____ some of the late 18th and early 19th century nautical terms and concepts mean. So, to keep this concise, if you love Patrick O'Brian's seafaring novels (start with Master and Commander if you are uninitiated to this amazing series), but are not a sailer yourself- then this is the book for you. It is fairly short, but interesting. You will be briefed on life in the navy, parts of the ships, names and functions of sails, combat, and many other topics that can confuse.I also know that this book would serve as an excellent source for a H.S. to college level paper/presentation on life in Nelson's navy. The length and writting style make it highly readable. Also recomended are Dean King's lexicons on Patrick O'Brian's books ("A Sea of Words"). They include several sections on the history of the era, and are very interesting, as well as including an extensive dictionary of terms, old words, places and events. If you already know a great deal about Nelson's Navy, then this might be a little too basic.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
An appendix packaged as a book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy (Hardcover)
While written in Mr. O'Brian's usual lucid style and accompanied by useful line drawings and full-color plates of paintings, the "book" is so thinly written that really only qualifies as an appendix to one of the Aubrey Maturin books.
As an appendix packaged as a book, it offers only 91 pages of small paper size and large type. Perhaps it was meant to be a miniature "coffee table" item--to be bought as a present for others.
Having now read nine of the Aubrey Maturin series and enjoyed them all, I have to say that this offering represents my only Patrick O'Brian experience in which I didn't get my money's worth.
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The vessels that made up the early Navy were of all shapes and sizes, from Henry VIII's Henry Grace a Dieu of 1,000 tons down to row-barges, passing by cogs, carracks, and ballingers, shallops and pinnaces; but by the seventeenth century the pattern that lasted up until the coming of steam was clear, and by the eighteenth it was firmly established. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Royal Navy, San Josef, Captain Seymour, San Nicolas, West Indies New!
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The vessels that made up the early Navy were of all shapes and sizes, from Henry VIII's Henry Grace a Dieu of 1,000 tons down to row-barges, passing by cogs, carracks, and ballingers, shallops and pinnaces; but by the seventeenth century the pattern that lasted up until the coming of steam was clear, and by the eighteenth it was firmly established. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
forenoon watch Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Navy, San Josef, Captain Seymour, San Nicolas, West Indies New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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