Author: POPE, STEVE.
Title: Hornblower's Navy. Life at Sea in the Age of Nelson.
Description: First Edition; Med. 4to; pp.112; illustrated endpapers; colour frontispiece, text with numerous b/w and colour illustrations, glossary, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London, Orion, 1998. The book tells the extraordinary truth behind the dash and glory of Hornblower and his times. It tells of a service redefined by Jervis, Nelsonand a new breed of fighting commanders. It explains the navy's vital roles as both sword and shield of the British Empire in crisis.

Keywords: gmil maritime history British naval fleet Nelson military general sailor glory