SEA WARRIORS : Fighting Captains & Frigate Warfare in Age of Nelson

Description: The Sea Warriors: Fighting Captains & Frigate Warfare in The Age of Nelson Woodman, Richard Book Description: CARROLL & GRAF, NY, 2001 like new US First edition, hard bound w/dj, 6x9, xvi, 384 pages, illus, maps, terminology, bibliog, index. The Sea Warriors is the true story of the great sea captains of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the men who spent long, arduous years away from their homes fighting for king and country, to win and hold control of the seas.Richard Woodman skilfully dissects the events of the war years, centering on the `cruizer' war, that struggle between opposing frigates which meant the blockade of enemy ports, interception of enemy trade and the protection of Britain's merchant ships. The whole magnificent sweep of the Royal Navy's struggle is set against its political background of the Napoleonic wars and the sea war with America. Extraordinary characters stride across these pages - men whose youth, energy and ability to take the chances of wartime made them household names in a savage age. Some, like Warren, Pellew, Cochrane and Collingwood, are still renowned, while others are almost unknown today, yet their brave and brilliant exploits deserve our recognition and Richard Woodman pulls them out from under the long shadow of the greatest naval hero of all, Horatio Nelson. We hear of the best French commanders, and the challenges posed by the skill and daring of American naval officers, with thrilling accounts of such famous sea battles as the duel between the Droits de I'homme and the Indefatigable, the capture of the great Gamo by Cochrane's tiny Speedy, and the immortal encounter between Captain Lawrence of the USS Chesapeake and Philip Broke's Shannon.Here too is the darker side to life at sea the constant danger and harsh discipline,the wearying monotony of sea-keeping and sail-trimming, the scourges of disease and restricted diet and occasional outbreaks of mutiny - to be set against the comradeship and potential rewards of a sailor's life. All these threads come together to make this stirring account a feast for the imagination RICHARD WOODMAN is best known for his Nathaniel Drinkwater series of historical naval novels. 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