The Wooden World
ISBN: 9780006861522
出版社: Fontana Press
出版年: 1988-03-31
页数: 448
定价: USD 22.70
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
"[Rodger] provides the reader with the most authoritative and enjoyable text on the subject that can be imagined."Patrick O'Brian
From the award-winning naval scholar N. A. M. Rodger comes the most revealing account yet of the mighty Georgian navy and British naval society of the eighteenth century. Meticulously researched, Rodger's portrait draws the reader into this fascinatingly complex world with vivid, entertaining characters and full details of life below the decks. The Wooden World provides the most complete history of a navy at any age, and is sure to be an indispensable volume for all fans of Patrick O'Brian, English history, and naval history.