Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era

by Sue Parrill

This book provides summaries and analyses of more than 250 novels and nearly 30 films and examines the extent to which they accurately reflect the history, mores and manners of the period--and the extent to which they reveal the ideas and attitudes of their authors and of the periods in which they were written. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature and importance of the war at sea for the British and on the role of famous naval officers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078643855X
• ISBN13: 9780786438556
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher