Every Man Will Do His Duty : An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson 1793-1815.
Title:
Every Man Will Do His Duty : An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson 1793-1815.
Author:
King, Dean.
ISBN:
9781453238325
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1056 pages)
Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by John B. Hattendorf -- Introduction -- Editorial Note -- Abbreviations -- List of Maps and Charts -- Part I. The War of the French Revolution -- 1. In the King's Service, 1793-1794 -- 2. Commence the Work of Destruction: The Glorious First of June, 1794 -- 3. The Noted Pimp of Lisbon and an Unwanted Promotion in Bull Bay, 1794 -- 4. For the Good of My Own Soul, 1795 -- 5. They Would as Soon Have Faced the Devil Himself as Nelson, 1796 -- 6. The Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1797 -- 7. Mad Dickey's Amusement, 1798-1800 -- 8. The Fortune of War, 1799 -- 9. The Audacious Cruise of the Speedy, 1800-1801 -- Part II. Peace -- 10. Bermuda in the Peace, 1802-1803 -- Part III. The Napoleonic War -- 11. The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 -- 12. The Death of Lord Nelson, 1805 -- 13. An Unequal Match, 1807-1808 -- 14. With Stopford in the Basque Roads, 1808-1809 -- 15. When I Beheld These Men Spring from the Ground, 1809 -- 16. "Damn 'em, Jackson, They've Spoilt My Dancing," 1809-1812 -- 17. The Woodwind Is Mightier than the Sword, 1809-1812 -- 18. HMS Macedonian vs. USS United States, 1812 -- 19. An Unjustifiable and Outrageous Pursuit, 1812-1813 -- 20. A Yankee Cruiser in the South Pacific, 1813 -- 21. Showdown at Valparaiso, 1814 -- 22. We Discussed a Bottle of Chateau Margot Together, 1812-1815 -- Notes on the Texts -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Copyright.
Abstract:
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 men-from officers to deckhands to surgeons. These are their stories. The inspiration for the bestselling novels by Patrick O'Brian 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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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