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JACKET BLURBS
The years 1714 to 1830 saw the greates period of the sailing Navy of Britain. Heart of Oak deals with different aspects of Britain's naval strength: materials and ship-building ; strategical and tactical skill; seamanship and navigation; the personnel of the service, both officers and seamen; the intimate connection between seaborne commerce and sea power; and the human side of naval life on board and ashore, including seamen's songs and recreations. Based on sound and wide-ranging knowledge, but not encumbered with scholarly apparatus, this is a book which the general reader will enjoy, and from which the student and scholar can profit.
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapters
The wooden walls
Strategy and tactics
Seamanship and navigation
Maritime rights
The officers of the Service
The young gentlemen
The manning of the Fleet
Discipline and morale
Hygiene and supply
'Fair Portsmouth town'
Admiralty
'The dangers of the sea'
London River
Lloyd's
The social background
'Sweethearts and wives'
Jack ashore
The letters of sailors
Story and song
Aftermath
References and Notes Bibliography
Glossary
Index
H
HEART OF OAK
A survey of British sea power in the Georgian era
by G. J. Marcus
A navy cloth bound book with gilt lettering to spine, very little wear, in NEAR FINE condition.
Unclipped dust wrapper has some slight edge wear but is still in VERY
GOOD PLUS condition.
Book 160 mm.wide x 240 mm. tall x 26 mm.
320 pages.
Weight unwrapped 0.77 kilo
Suggested Royal Mail postal charges (Buyer can choose alternative)
Correct at April 2011
