The Mammoth Book of Men O' War [electronic resource] : Stories from the glory days of sail
Lewis, Jon E.2014
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Eighteen classic sea-faring tales by the best-loved writers of the genre, including Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester, Richard Woodman, Herman Melville and Frederick Marryat. Featuring favourite heroes such as Captain Jack Aubrey, Adam Hardy, Horatio Hornblower and Nathaniel Drinkwater. These tales vividly re-create the age of the glory days of sail, aboard the great ships that sailed for trade, discovery or warfare. They include storms and shipwrecks, the great sea battles of the Napoleonic era and the sheer, dangerous excitement of life before the mast.
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Author:
Lewis, Jon E., AuthorAshley, Mike, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Little, Brown Book Group, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
The Mammoth Book
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
JON E. LEWIS is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day, Voices from the Holocaust, The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time Out and the Guardian. He lives in Herefordshire.
ISBN:
9781780333571
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English
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2907169
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