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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.
Author | : Sarah Quail |
Publisher | : Wharncliffe |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2008-04-17 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1845630467 |
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Portsmouth takes the reader on a sinister journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way - cut-throats and poisoners, arsonists and assassins, mutineers, duellists and marauders, prostitutes and thieves, and the brawling seamen and common murderers who moved through the cruel underworld of this historic town. Sarah Quail has selected over 20 notorious episodes that give a fascinating insight into criminal acts and the criminal mind. She recalls intriguing and shocking cases dating from medieval times to the present day. In the process she uncovers an extraordinary variety of misdeeds, some motivated by brutal impulse or despair, others by malice, which taint the history of every age. Most of the cases she recounts involve ill-fated individuals who are only known to us because they were caught up in crime, but she also reconsiders more famous episodes like the murder of the Duke of Buckingham and the disappearance of the Cold War frogman Buster Crabb. The human dramas that are played out in these pages often take place in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction.
Author | : Alan Spree |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2019-11-15 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1445696916 |
A fascinating portrait of Portsmouth and Southsea presented through a remarkable collection of historical postcards.
Author | : Philip MacDougall |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2018-05-15 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1445681803 |
Explore the fascinating history of Portsmouth in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.
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Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1823 |
Genre | : Harbors |
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Author | : Ron Brown |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2009-07-15 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1445631571 |
This book provides a unique and charming look at some of Portsmouth's most famous pubs.
Author | : R. J. Cook |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2023-01-15 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1445699044 |
A fully illustrated look back in time at Portsmouth, its people and how life has changed in the city over the last century.
Author | : Great Britain. Board of Trade |
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Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Steamboats |
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Author | : Findlay Muirhead |
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Total Pages | : 826 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : England |
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Author | : J. Dennis Robinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2021-08-11 |
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ISBN | : 9781737573609 |
Museum caretaker Levi Woodbury's solitary lifestyle is shattered when reporter Claire Caswell enlists her ex-lover to unravel a mysterious death in a historic New England seaport. Could the dead man and his missing "manifesto" connect to growing fears that an ancient cemetery lies beneath the site of the city's next high-rise parking garage? Set in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.