Letters of Seamen in the Wars with France, 1793-1815

Letters of seamen below the rank of commissioned officer which tell us a great deal about shipboard life and about seamen's attitudes.

List of contents

Introduction
'Thus Dear Father passes the life of a Tar', Letters of Seamen, 1793-1815, Letters A1-194
'A great disturbance in the fleet', Letters, mostly intercepted, to and from Seamen during the Mutinies in the Royal Navy, 1797, Letters B1-61
Conclusion
Appendix I: Biographies
Appendix II: Select ships involved in the mutinies in the Royal Navy in 1797
Bibliography

About the author

Helen Watt, Anne Hawkins

Summary

Letters of seamen below the rank of commissioned officer which tell us a great deal about shipboard life and about seamen's attitudes.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Hawkins, Helen Watt, Helen Watt With Anne
• Assisted by: Anne Hawkins (Editor), Anne Cima Hawkins (Editor), Helen Watt with Anne Hawkins (Editor), Helen Watt (Editor), Helen Watt with Anne Hawkins (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9781843838968
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-896-8
• No. of pages: 688
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 37 mm
• Weight: 1134 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Frankreich, erste Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1850 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Bestimmte Kriege und Feldzüge, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.), Frühe moderne Kriegsführung (inklusive Schießpulver)