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A carregar... Royal Tars: The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy, 875-1850por Brian Lavery
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. An excellent read: stories of the sailors (as opposed to officers) that manned (and in a few cases, womaned) Royal Navy ships from the earliest records to the middle of the Victorian era. Author Brian Lavery, curator emeritus at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, regrets that many of the sailors were illiterate and thus never had a real chance to tell their stories, but gathers what evidence there is and presents it in a manner both scholarly and entertaining. Lavery only provides cursory coverage of the actual naval history of the times, so if you don’t know the causes and outcomes of the War of the League of Augsburg or the War of Jenkin’s Ear, you won’t find them here; on the other hand the sailors Lavery is profiling probably didn’t know what those causes were either – or care about them. Among things I learned is the details of the Spithead and Nore mutinies of 1797; what a guardship was; and the difference between a petty officer, a warrant officer, and a standing officer. I was also interested by the changes in class distinctions among sailors versus officers; in the 17th century it was fairly routine for a common sailor to eventually become an officer; by Napoleonic War times it was rare but not unheard of; after that it never happened (Lavery notes sailors were suspicious of officers who had risen from the ranks). Highly recommended if you’re fond of the adventures of Horatio Hornblower or Jack Aubrey. Extensive footnotes, bibliography, glossary and index; an appendix gives a guide to finding ancestors who served. Appropriate contemporary illustrations. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
In his trademark style informed by diligent research and an unsurpassed understanding of naval practice, Brian Lavery examines the Royal Navy s lower deck ; an aspect of the service that hitherto has often been overlooked. The reputation of early seamen as irresponsible, amoral and liable to drunkenness and desertion perhaps accounts for this, but Royal Tars seeks to rehabilitate the reputation of the seaman by presenting the authentic voice and social history of the lower deck, portraying a lively and vivid culture with its own values, language and rituals. In addition, fascinating first-hand accounts illuminate the seaman s daily life and his attitudes to officers, naval service and discipline, and the experience of battle as seen from the gun deck or the fighting top. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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