Nelson's Sailors: the Exploits of Officers & Men of the Royal Navy

by Edward Fraser

Book Overview

Accounts of the 'Hearts of Oak'

As the European age of empires developed it was inevitable that, as an island state, Britain would develop as a nation of sailors and that in consequence its need for a powerful navy would exceed that of its European neighbours who could potentially expand by land and therefore have a need to defend long land borders. So the 'great age of sail' was epitomised by the Royal Navy. From the time of Drake and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857068695
• ISBN13: 9780857068699
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"