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Chargement... The Sea Warriors: Fighting Captains and Frigate Warfare in the Age of Nelson (édition 2014)par Richard Woodman
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Not as interesting as his Drinkwater novels. However, it is an excellent resource for understanding the strategy and tactics that make "The Age of Fighting Sail" such a fascinating era for novelists. ( ) This book is a workmanlike account of the long sea war between England and France between 1793 and the capitulation of Napoleon. It's worth reading if you're interested in understanding that war's shape in some detail, perhaps because you're reading the Hornblower or Aubrey/Maturin novels. The book's great strength is that it puts the sea battles into a strategic context better than any other book I've encountered; Woodman's generally able to tell you both what the British Admiralty expected when they sent a fleet--or an individual frigate--to a specific station, and what the opposing commanders were trying to accomplish as hostilities began. I really like that. The problem is that the story often drags. While Woodman's good at describing sea battles, in this sort of quantity they begin all to sound the same. As a result, I regularly found myself wishing he'd get back to describing the context. Really didn't expect that. This review is also available on a dabbler's journal. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Références à cette œuvre sur des ressources externes. Wikipédia en anglais (91)The Sea Warriors is the true story of the great frigate captains of the Nelsonic Royal Navy who spent long and 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, focussing on the cruiser war, that war between opposing frigates which entailed the blockade of enemy ports, the interception of enemy trade and the protection of Britain's merchant ships. The whole magnificent sweep of this great struggle is set against its political background of the Napoleonic wars and the sea war with America.With this narrative come an extraordinary array of young, daring and hugely skilled frigate captains whose ability to grasp the chances offered by war made them household names in this savage age. Some, like Warren, Pellew, Cochrane and Collingwood, are still renowned; others are here rescued from under the shadow of Nelson as the author recounts their brave and brilliant exploits. rnAs well as the thrilling accounts of sea battles and single-ship actions, the author describes the darker side to life at sea the constant danger and harsh discipline, the wearying monotony of sea-keeping, the scourges of disease and the occasional outbreaks of mutiny. All this is brought together in a stirring narrative by one of the country's finest naval writers. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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