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Jack Tar Lesley Adkins

Jack Tar By Lesley Adkins

Jack Tar by Lesley Adkins


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Condition - Very Good
6 in stock

Summary

* A unique and thrilling narrative which uncovers the lives of the heroes of Nelson's navy

Jack Tar Summary

Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navy by Lesley Adkins

The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships. Drawn from all over Britain and beyond, often unwillingly, these ordinary men made the navy invincible through skill, courage and sheer determination. They cast a long shadow, with millions of their descendants alive today, and many of their everyday expressions, such as 'skyscraper' and 'loose cannon', continuing to enrich our language. Yet their contribution is frequently overlooked, while the officers became celebrities. JACK TAR gives these forgotten men a voice in an exciting, enthralling, often unexpected and always entertaining picture of what their life was really like during this age of sail. Through personal letters, diaries and other manuscripts, the emotions and experiences of these people are explored, from the dread of press-gangs, shipwreck and disease, to the exhilaration of battle, grog, prize money and prostitutes. JACK TAR is an authoritative and gripping account that will be compulsive reading for anyone wanting to discover the vibrant and sometimes stark realities of this wooden world at war.

About Lesley Adkins

Roy and Lesley Adkins are husband-and-wife writers and archaeologists, the bestselling authors of over eighteen widely acclaimed books on social and naval history, archaeology, ancient Rome, ancient Greece and Egyptology. Their books include the bestselling Jack Tar, Trafalgar, The War for All the Oceans, Empires of the Plain and The Keys of Egypt and have so far been translated into sixteen languages worldwide. Roy and Lesley Adkins are elected Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London and Members of the Institute for Archaeologists. For further information about them and their books, see their website www.adkinshistory.com.

Additional information

GOR001806984
9780349120348
034912034X
Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navy by Lesley Adkins
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
20090903
480
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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