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Prose: non-fiction, History, Maritime history
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Abacus
- Paperback Dec 1, 2009 | 9780349120348 | RRP $27.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 11, 2021 | 9781405550253 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 20, 2011 | 9780748112111 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Dec 1, 2009 | 9780349120348 | RRP $27.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 11, 2021 | 9781405550253 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 20, 2011 | 9780748112111 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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Abacus
- Paperback Dec 1, 2009 | 9780349120348 | RRP $27.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Feb 11, 2021 | 9781405550253 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 20, 2011 | 9780748112111 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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A unique and thrilling narrative which uncovers the lives of the heroes of Nelson's navy.
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.
Roy Adkins
Roy and Lesley Adkins are husband-and-wife authors of widely acclaimed books on naval history, archaeology and social history, which have been translated into seventeen languages. They include Jack Tar, Trafalgar, Gibraltar, The War for All the Oceans, The Keys of Egypt, The Handbook of British Archaeology, Empires of the Plain, Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome, Dictionary of Roman Religion, and Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England. They are Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Fellows of the Royal Historical Society and Members of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. They live in Devon.
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