Portsmouth Point

Portsmouth Point
Author: Cyril Northcote Parkinson
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1948-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780853231394

Portsmouth Point has always been synonymous with British Naval history, inspiring everything from William Walton's overture to Rowlandson's watercolor. Portsmouth Point: The British Navy in Fiction, 1793-1815 is a timeless anthology of seafaring action that offers a fascinating glimpse of British naval life set against the thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Each of the stories here covers a distinct part of everyday life on the high seas during wartime, from the daily routines of officers and men on the lower deck to the mysteries of rigging and the perilous nuances of naval battle. All of the authors included in this collection witnessed firsthand both the harsh and humorous realities of serving in the British navy. Portsmouth Point thus reveals both the bawdry revelry and anonymous warfare that occupied the lives of countless sailors. This illuminating look into British naval history will interest scholars of English literature, military historians, and seafaring enthusiasts alike.

Great Britain

Great Britain
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 682
Release: 1887
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN:

Journals

Journals
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 700
Release: 1989
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780810108233

This volume presents Melville's three known journals. Unlike his contemporaries Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Melville kept no habitual record of his days and thoughts; each of his three journals records his actions and observations on trips far from home. In this edition's Historical Note, Howard C. Horsford places each of the journals in the context of Melville's career, discusses its general character, and points out the later literary uses he made of it, notably in Moby-Dick, Clarel, and his magazine pieces. The editors supply full annotations of Melville's allusions and terse entries and an exhaustive index makes available the range of his acquaintance with people, places, and works of art. Also included are related documents, illustrations, maps, and many pages and passages reproduced from the journals. This scholarly edition aims to present a text as close to the author's intention as his difficult handwriting permits. It is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America).

The Fallen Glory

The Fallen Glory
Author: Joseph Michael Martin
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434403505

In the second novel of The Wrenville Saga, Robert Wrenville tries to save the French King and Queen and his own friends and family from the bloody terror of the French Revolution.