Letters of seamen in the wars with France, 1793-1815 /

Letters of seamen below the rank of commissioned officer are rare, both in original form and in print. This edited collection of 255 letters, written by seamen in the British Navy and their correspondents between 1793 and 1815, gives voice to a group of men whose lives and thoughts are otherwise mos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watt, Helen (Archivist)
Otros Autores: Hawkins, Anne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer Ltd., 2016.
Temas:
1800-1815
Sailors > Great Britain > Correspondence.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Naval operations, British > Sources.
Marins > Grande-Bretagne > Correspondance.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
Sailors.
Great Britain.
Personal correspondence.
Sources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Foreword by Ann Coats; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editorial Conventions; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1: 'Thus Dear Father passes the life of a Tar': Letters of Seamen, 1793-1815; Letters A1-194; Part 2: 'A great disturbance among the Fleet': Letters, Mostly Intercepted, to and from Seamen during the Mutinies in the Royal Navy, 1797; Letters B1-61; Conclusion; Appendix I: Biographies; Appendix II: Select Ships Involved in the Mutinies in the Royal Navy, 1797; Bibliography; Index

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