House Of Commons Sessional Papers Of The Eighteenth Century Land Revenue Prisoners Of War Fisheries 1797 98 Reports And Papers
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Author | : Great Britain. House of Commons |
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Total Pages | : 525 |
Release | : 1975 |
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ISBN | : 9780842020114 |
Author | : Heather Noel-Smith |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1783270993 |
A fascinating account of varied careers, providing a rich snapshot of the later eighteenth-century sailing navy in microcosm. This book sets out the lives of seventeen 'young gentlemen' who were midshipmen under the famous Captain Sir Edward Pellew. Together, aboard the frigate HMS Indefatigable, they fought a celebrated action in 1797 against theFrench ship of the line Les Droits de l'Homme. C. S. Forester, the historical novelist, placed his famous hero, Horatio Hornblower, aboard Pellew's ship as a midshipman, so this book tells, as it were, the actual stories of Hornblower's real-life shipmates. And what stories they were! From diverse backgrounds, aristocratic and humble, they bonded closely with Pellew, learned their naval leadership skills from him, and benefited from his patronage and his friendship in their subsequent, very varied careers. The group provides a fascinating snapshot of the later eighteenth-century sailing navy in microcosm. Besides tracing the men's naval lives, the book shows how they adapted to peace after 1815, presenting details of their civilian careers. The colourful lives recounted include those of the Honourable George Cadogan, son of an earl, who survived three courts martial and a duel to retire with honouras an admiral in 1813; Thomas Groube, of a Falmouth merchant family, who commanded a fleet of boats which destroyed the Dutch shipping at Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, in 1806; and James Bray, of Irish Catholic descent, who was killed commanding a sloop during the American war of 1812. Heather Noel-Smith is a genealogist and a retired Methodist minister. Lorna Campbell is a digital education manager at the University of Edinburgh and an education technology consultant. They are both independent researchers.
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Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Fisheries |
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Author | : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
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Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : Convicts |
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Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1841 |
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Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 1888 |
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1845 |
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Author | : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
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Release | : 1873 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : Unesco |
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Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : N. Arielli |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2012-11-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1137296631 |
Warfare in the modern era has often been described in terms of national armies fighting national wars. This volume challenges the view by examining transnational aspects of military mobilization from the eighteenth century to the present. Truly global in scope, it offers an alternative way of reading the military history of the last 250 years.