Hornblower's historical shipmates : the young gentlemen of Pellew's Indefatigable /

A fascinating account of varied careers, providing a rich snapshot of the later eighteenth-century sailing navy in microcosm.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Noel-Smith, Heather (Autor), Campbell, Lorna M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2016.
Temas:
Indefatigable (Ship) > History > 18th century.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > History > 18th century.
Indefatigable (Ship)
Great Britain. > Royal Navy
1700-1799
Midshipmen > Great Britain > History > 18th century > Biography.
Sailors > Great Britain > Biography.
Aspirants de marine > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle > Biographies.
Marins > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
Sailors
Midshipmen
Great Britain
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontcover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Edward Pellew
  • Partisan and Patriarch
  • 2 'My Dear Indefatigable'
  • 3 The Fortunate Few
  • 4 'Never Was Such an Action Known'
  • 5 The Nature of Patronage
  • The Honourable George Cadogan, 1783-1864
  • Jeremiah Coghlan, c. 1778-1844
  • William Kempthorne, 1781-1835
  • 6 'Boys Grown to Manhood'
  • Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall, 1781-1856
  • Henry Hart, 1781-1857
  • Thomas Groube, 1774-1850
  • 7 Diversity and Responsibility
  • Alex McVicar, 1768-1840
  • John McKerlie, 1775-1848
  • John Thomson, 1774-1835
  • John Gaze, c. 1779-1851
  • George Chace, c. 1773-1840
  • 8 Friends, Family and the Falmouth Connection
  • James Bray, 1778-1812
  • William Warden, 1782-1807
  • Philip Frowd, 1779-1802
  • Richard Delves Broughton, 1784-1806
  • Robert Carthew Reynolds, 1782-1804
  • 9 'Faithful and Attached Companions'
  • 10 'No State in Life More Honourable'
  • APPENDIX The Spencer-Pellew Correspondence of February 1799
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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