About this title: An adventured-packed ride into a mesmerizing period of naval historyNo era in naval history has captured the imagination of readers so completely as the forty-year period from 1775 to 1815. And there are few historians as well qualified to bring that era to life as Nathan Miller. The first full-scale popular history of that epoch-making time, ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780471185178ISBN:0471185175
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date Published: 2001-09-19
ISBN-13:9780471078357ISBN:0471078352
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Description: First edition hardback with dust wrapper, 9.5" x 6.5". xii + 388 pages. Very well illustrated in b&w. Excellent condition. VG+/VG+ read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780471185178ISBN:0471185175
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. Collectible 1st Edition (2000 HC), 1st printing with 10 full numberline. Excellent condition. Appears unread. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are nice and clean. Minor shelfwear. Free deliver confirmation! Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Description: 2000, 1st edition, fine condition, with a fine dust jacket, with a priced unclipped dust jacket flap. published by John Wiley & Sons, 388 pages. The forty year period of the age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1815, and the principal Naval powers, the US Navy, the British Navy, and the French Navy. Also, an account of the defeat of the Barbary Pirates. Illustrated with drawing, Maps and a bibliography. A fascinating Naval read! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780471185178ISBN:0471185175
Description: New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780471185178ISBN:0471185175
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Tight binding. Clean crisp copy. x-lib. Near Fine condition! read more
"This book of four hundred pages by Nathan Miller is a great and riveting account of the age of 'Fighting Sail'. The book covers the period from 1775 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Having read a number of books on Nelson, Sir Sidney Smith and Lord Cochrane I found this book a treat. It covered this great period of sail with a majestic overview, covering all the famous actions and commanders. Many of the stories I had heard before but the author's style of writing made it all seem new to me. I still found many things that I had never heard before and the book was full of fascinating stories.
The narrative was easy to read and just flowed along with accounts from the participants adding flavour to the story. Accounts such as the story about one French officer having himself placed in a tub of bran to slow the bleeding from his legs that had been blown away so he could continue to command. And another about how the water frothed from the feeding frenzy of the sharks after dead seamen had been dumped overboard during an engagement are just awesome when you sit back and think about the those images.
The story was fasted paced and the author provided a number of drawings of some of the classic engagements and commanders. I would have liked to see some maps outlining positions taken by the ships before and during the battles but that is only a small complaint. If you are looking for a good and easy to read single volume account of this period I could not recommend a better book.
If you enjoyed this book I would also recommend Tom Pocock's 'A Thirst for Glory' which covers the life of Sir Sidney Smith and Donald Thomas's 'Cochrane: Britannia's Sea Wolf' which is a brilliant story of one of greatest Frigate commanders during the age of fighting sail."
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