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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.
Published | Aug 10 2005 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 64 |
ISBN | 9781841769066 |
Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
Illustrations | 8 b/w; 39 col |
Dimensions | 10 x 7 inches |
Series | Warrior |
Short code | WAR 100 |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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