Hornblower's Historical Shipmates: The Young Gentlemen of Pellew's Indefatigable

by Lorna M Campbell and Heather Noel-Smith

Book Overview

A fascinating account of varied careers, providing a rich snapshot of the later eighteenth-century sailing navy in microcosm.

This book sets out the lives of seventeen 'young gentlemen' who were midshipmen under the famous Captain Sir Edward Pellew. Together, aboard the frigate HMS Indefatigable, they fought a celebrated action in 1797 against theFrench ship of the line Les Droits de l'Homme. C. S. Forester, the historical novelist, placed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783270993
• ISBN13: 9781783270996
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"