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 se

With the war on hold, many seamen are left uselessly on dry land. Hornblower is just one of those who are now out of work and concerned about their futures. In

Most of those aboard Nelson's warships were society's dregs and disasters, many had been victims of violent kidnapping, and all existed in conditions that would