'Tween Decks in the 'Seventies: Reminiscences of a sailor of the Royal Navy during the Victorian Era

by Sam Noble

Book Overview

A sailor of the Queen aboard HMS Swallow in the 1870s

The mid-Victorian period saw the Queen-Empress' domains growing in number, stability and strength all over the globe. The days of sail were all but done and now it was the time of the 'ironclad' and the 'gunboat'. Wars were inevitable and frequent as they must be when empires encroach on the domains of other peoples, but the time of rolling broadsides from wooden decks was gone forever...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857062697
• ISBN13: 9780857062697
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"