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LAVERY, BRIAN - Nelson's Navy : The Ships, Men and Organisation 1793-1815

Title: Nelson's Navy : The Ships, Men and Organisation 1793-1815
Description: London, Conway Maritime Press. 1997. (ISBN: 0851775217) Hard Cover, 12 x 10 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked pale grey boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor scratching to rear. 352pp. An in-depth study of the workings of a great sailing fleet at the apogee of its military success. The book covers design and construction, administration, training and organisation of men and life at sea. It shows a world far removed from the popularly depicted poverty and cruelty of life in the Royal Navy. A heavy book. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: 18th, 19th Century, Military, Seafaring, Nelson, Ships, Transport - Water 0851775217

Price: GBP 14.75 = appr. US$ 21.06 Seller: Godley Books
- Book number: 027894

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