| The Naval History of Great Britain: Volume 2: A New Edition, with Additions and Notes, and an Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino Contributor(s): James, William (Author), Chamier, Frederick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0511695063 ISBN-13: 9780511695063 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook Published: February 2012 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 941.081 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: William James (1780-1827) was a lawyer and naval historian best known for this magisterial history of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1827. James began to research the role of the Royal Navy in the Revolutionary Wars, publishing five volumes between 1822 and 1824. This was expanded up to 1827 in later editions. In one of the most comprehensive histories of the Navy in the Napoleonic Wars ever published, James' rigorous research methodology using various contemporary sources provides detailed descriptions of the operations of the Royal Navy in the period. Fleet campaigns and minor engagements are discussed, with technical and tactical details of ships and battles also provided. These volumes (here reissued from the 1859 edition) remain an invaluable source of information for the history of the Royal Navy during this fascinating period. Volume 2 covers 1797-1800 and the Battle of the Nile. |
