Portsmouth Point: The British Navy in Fiction, 1793-1815

by C. Northcote Parkinson

Book Overview

Originally published in 1949, Portsmouth Point is a captivating look into the British naval experience during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Parkinson, a naval historian, uses excerpts from the writings of real Age of Sail officers, midshipmen, and crew to create a semi-fictitious collection of naval stories covering all aspects of life aboard England's "wooden walls."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590138066
• ISBN13: 9781590138069
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: McBooks Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"