Tempest - The Royal Navy and the Age of Revolution

James Davey tells the story of the Royal Navy across the tumultuous 1790s, showing how it became a political battleground for radical ideas. Davey reveals how sailors organized riots, strikes, petitions, and mutinies, which prompted a cynical, even brutal, response from the government?and places the navy at the center of Britain's age of revolution.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

James Davey teaches at the University of Exeter. He was formerly curator of naval history at the National Maritime Museum and is the author of In Nelson's Wake: The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars.

Zusammenfassung

A major new history of the Royal Navy during the tumultuous age of revolution

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James Davey, Davey James
• Verlag: Yale University Press Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780300238273
• ISBN: 978-0-300-23827-3
• Seiten: 352
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), Naval forces & warfare, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Naval forces and warfare, 1714–1837 (Georgian period), C 1700 To C 1800