For God and Glory: Lord Nelson and His Way of War
 Originality abounds: This is the most interesting of the recent Nelson books mainly because its author asks significant new questions and digs deeper into areas of Nelson's military experience than we are used to. The result is highly pleasing. A [... more]
$32.95
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Jack Aubrey Commands: An Historical Companion to the ...
A solid primer on the Royal Navy of Jack Aubrey: Brian Lavery is the author of the thoroughly excellent "Nelson's Navy", praised by Patrick O'Brian as the most nearly royal road to knowledge about the Royal Navy of the 1793-18115 period he knew. [... more]
$45.00
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Nelson: A Personal History
Amazon.com Review: Accomplished British author Christopher Hibbert turns his attention to England's greatest maritime leader in this celebrated biography. Nelson joined the navy at age 12. By the time of his decisive victory over the French and Spanish [... more]
$22.00
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Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga)
Cunning and determination: A crew has mutinied and threatens to hang their captain and turn their ship over to the French if they don't receive pardons and their captain isn't tried for his cruelty. Simple force cannot subdue the mutineers, as they have [... more]
$13.99
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The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815 (Modern Wars Series)
Shallow, quickie-type overview of the Wars: It had some good points, particularly economic ramifications of the wars, but was too broad to be of serious use. Perhaps as a high-school classroom text it would be of more use A first attempt at this period [... more]
$53.00
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Mr. Midshipman Easy (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series)
Philosophical Nautical Romantic Farce: This book's an odd kettle of fish. It focuses on Jack Easy, starting at his birth, following him through school and into the Navy. He joins to press his socialist philosophy of the "equality of man". The [... more]
$15.00
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The Hornblower Companion
The Mental and Physical Shape of the Hornblower Plots!: I would strongly recommend this book for any fan of the Hornblower novels. I have written my review for someone who has read most or all of the Hornblower novels. If you have not read most of the [... more]
$23.95
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Cochrane: Britannia's Sea Wolf
Excellent swashbuckling Story: This book was first published in 1978 but has now been re-released to the benefit of all who enjoy a fast-paced historical account. After reading this book I am amazed that it has taken nearly twenty years to be re-released. [... more]
$19.95
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Napoleon's Lost Fleet: Bonaparte, Nelson, and the Battle ...
Amazon.com Review: On August 1, 1798, Admiral Horatio Nelson and the British navy sailed into Abukir Bay, Egypt. After months of searching the Mediterranean Sea, Nelson finally had the French fleet cornered. Disregarding naval convention, Nelson readied [... more]
$35.00
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1805 (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics)
5 rakings top and bottom for climactic Tragalgar action: 1805 is the sixth entry in the Nathaniel Drinkwater series. The first six books of the series were copyrighted within 4 years and the next six took ten years to come out. Woodman wrote the first [... more]
$14.95
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Beneath the Aurora: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel ...
Treachery and Battle: The year is 1813. The United States has entered the war against England, but it is a peculiar war with U.S. merchants still supplying English armies in Spain. Royal Navy Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is now assigned to the Admiralty [... more]
$14.95
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The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of ...
Unusual biography: Instead of the usual biography of a famous captain or battle, Mr. Cordingly treats us to the life of a famous ship of the line - Bellerophon. From a protracted birth in the slips of the Medway, through the highs and lows of the [... more]
$25.95
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