Nelson’s Navy in 100 Objects Gareth Glover Frontline Books (2021) ISBN 978 1 52673 132 6 Hardback, 301 pages, colour, and black & white illustrations I do think that examining a subject in 100 objects is a unique and original way of presenting a story. Gareth’s previous books in this genre, looking at Napoleon and […]
The Sea is my Element, the Eventful Life of Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm 1768-1838 Paul Martinovich Helion & Company (Book No. 69 in the From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815 Series) ISBN: 9781913336578 Hardback, 367 pp including 33 B&W Illustrations, 21 Colour plates and 8 maps. This is a beautifully produced book which uses extensive […]
Favourite of Fortune: Captain Thomas Quilliam, Trafalgar Hero Andrew Bond, Frank Cowin, Andrew Lambert Seaforth Publishing (2021), hardback ISBN: 9781399012706 Pages: 224 Many people will only have come across John Quilliam because he was the First Lieutenant onboard the Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Biographies of some of Nelson’s captains have been published […]
Mutiny on the Spanish Main, HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy’s Revenge Angus Konstam Osprey Publishing (2020), hardback ISBN: 9781472833792 Pages: 320 In 1963 the late Dudley Pope, author of the fictional Lord Ramage novels set during the wars against France, wrote The Black Ship about the true events of 1797 in which a mutiny […]