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Author : Brian Tunstall
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Admiral Byng and the Loss of Minorca written by Brian Tunstall and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph J. Krulder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000381188
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain written by Joseph J. Krulder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Voltaire's Candide, Admiral John Byng's 1757 execution went forward to 'encourage the others'. Of course, the story is more complicated. This microhistorical account upon a macro-event presents an updated, revisionist, and detailed account of a dark chapter in British naval history. Asking 'what was Britain like the moment Byng returned to Portsmouth after the Battle of Minorca (1756)?' not only returns a glimpse of mid-eighteenth century Britain but provides a deeper understanding of how a wartime admiral, the son of a peer, of some wealth, a once colonial governor, and sitting member of parliament came to be scapegoated and then executed for the failings of others. This manuscript presents a cultural, social, and political dive into Britain at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Part 1 focuses on ballad, newspaper, and prize culture. Part 2 makes a turn towards the social where religion, morality, rioting, and disease play into the Byng saga. Admiral Byng's record during the 1755 Channel Campaign is explored, as is the Mediterranean context of the Seven Years' War, troubles elsewhere in the empire, and then the politics behind Byng's trial and execution.
Author : Roderick Cavaliero
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Admiral Satan written by Roderick Cavaliero and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 1994-12-31 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nelson admired him. Marie-Antoinette counted him among France's national heroes. The exiled Napoleon sighed for what might have been had his own navy been commanded by someone of like calibre. His lascar sailors feared him as much as they admired him, and nicknamed him 'Admiral Satan'. In an age of remarkable characters, Pierre-Andre de Suffren Saint Tropez, the Bailli de Suffren, was one of the most remarkable: eccentric, irascible, slovenly, gluttonous, possessed of furious energy and lust for battle. He was also the most daring, innovative tactician in France's pre-revolutionary navy."" ""Suffren began his naval career in the service of the Knights of Malta, protecting the Order's shipping against the corsairs of the Barbary coast. Then began the long, slow climb through the ranks of the pre-revolutionary French navy, during which he saw action in the West Indies, ran the blockade during the American war of independence, and was twice taken prisoner by the British, whom he hated ever after."" ""When at last he achieved independent command, this hatred fuelled his determination to beat the British in the Indian Ocean. At stake was France's alliance with Haidar Ali, the shrewd and battle-scarred Nawab of Mysore, and hence control of southern India. Suffren brought all his tactical brilliance and radical innovation to bear: his opponent, the indomitable Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, was no less determined, and the resulting campaign was as fierce as it was evenly balanced, ending only with the declaration of peace in 1783. Suffren returned to France, to be feted and feasted by nobility and populace alike. He ended his life there, having acquired honours and avoirdupois in more or less equal measure."" ""Roderick Cavaliero's is the first English-language biography of this extraordinary man. It is a vivid portrait of an individual and his world, with sharply drawn descriptions of people, places and events - and, of course, the sea battles, with their mingled excitement and danger. Above all, Suffren himself comes to life, with his immense vitality, his volcanic rages, his eccentricities and his matchless understanding of war in his chosen element, the sea.
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Total Pages : 818 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The New Statesman written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Noel Mostert
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393066533
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Line Upon a Wind: The Great War at Sea, 1793-1815 written by Noel Mostert and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mostert's narrative tells the thrilling story of Britain's struggle with Revolutionary France, wherein Napoleon is checkmated by Admiral Horatio Nelson's brilliant naval exploits. 16 pages of illustrations, 6 maps.
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Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Nation and Athenæum written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chris Ware
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
ISBN 13 : 9781844157815
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (578 download)
Download or read book Admiral Byng written by Chris Ware and published by Pen and Sword Maritime. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this long overdue reappraisal, Chris Ware looks at the whole of Byng's long career and carefully untangles the politics usrrounding is final day sto see how far his poor reputation is justified.
Author : Phillip Jones
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0956554946
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Mariners, Merchants And The Military Too written by Phillip Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-01-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reportedly the largest Empire that has ever existed throughout human history, at its height the British Empire was reported to have ruled over some four hundred and fifty millions subjects, a quarter of the world's population at the beginning of the 20th century and controlled an estimated thirteen million square miles of territory, around 25%% of the world's total land surface. This five hundred page project, tries to take a balanced view of Britain's vast imperial possessions, how they were acquired, how they were lost and their histories, since they gained independence. The publication attempts to take a specific look at some of the more troubling aspects of the Empires past, including those dealing with the Troubles in Ireland, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the Indian Subcontinent, the European Scramble for Africa, as well as the numerous wars and battles that such imperial expansionism created.
Author : Tobias George Smollett
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Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The history of England, from the Revolution to the death of George the second written by Tobias George Smollett and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The History of England from the Revolution to the Death of George the Second by T. Smollet written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Evan Wilson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030257002
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Eighteenth-Century Naval Officers written by Evan Wilson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the lives and careers of naval officers across Europe at the height of the age of sail. It traces the professionalization of naval officers by exploring their preparation for life at sea and the challenges they faced while in command. It also demonstrates the uniqueness of the maritime experience, as long voyages and isolation at sea cemented their bond with naval officers across Europe while separating them from landlubbers. It depicts, in a way no previous study has, the parameters of their shared experiences—both the similarities that crossed national boundaries and connected officers, and the differences that can only be seen from an international perspective.
Author : Daniel H. Boone
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476646171
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Losing America, Securing an Empire written by Daniel H. Boone and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Revolution is seen as a colossal defeat of the powerful British Empire by colonial rebels. Yet the British emerged from the conflict in better shape than the newly independent United States. After the revolution became a global conflict with the entry of France, Spain and later the Netherlands on the American side, Britain's desire to maintain prestige in Europe through dominance of her many colonies--particularly the West Indies and India--was the driving force behind British strategy. Military victories late in the war, along with retention of the rest of the empire, allowed Britain to remain a significant power. This history explores the view that Great Britain did not really "lose" the Revolutionary War.
Author : Tobias George Smollett
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Total Pages : 978 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The History of England from the Revolution to the Death of George II written by Tobias George Smollett and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julia Banister
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108173705
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Masculinity, Militarism and Eighteenth-Century Culture, 1689–1815 written by Julia Banister and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the figure of the military man in the long eighteenth century in order to explore how ideas about militarism served as vehicles for conceptualizations of masculinity. Bringing together representations of military men and accounts of court martial proceedings, this book examines eighteenth-century arguments about masculinity and those that appealed to the 'naturally' sexed body and construed masculinity as social construction and performance. Julia Banister's discussion draws on a range of printed materials, including canonical literary and philosophical texts by David Hume, Adam Smith, Horace Walpole and Jane Austen, and texts relating to the naval trials of, amongst others, Admiral John Byng. By mapping eighteenth-century ideas about militarism, including professionalism and heroism, alongside broader cultural concerns with politeness, sensibility, the Gothic past and celebrity, Julia Banister reveals how ideas about masculinity and militarism were shaped by and within eighteenth-century culture.
Author : Tobias Smollett
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Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The History of England, from the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George the Second written by Tobias Smollett and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David C. Ramzan
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445675110
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Secret Greenwich written by David C. Ramzan and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret Greenwich explores the little-known and colourful history of Greenwich in South East London through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Author : David Abulafia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019971732X
Total Pages : 849 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The Great Sea written by David Abulafia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea has been for millennia the place where religions, economies, and political systems met, clashed, influenced and absorbed one another. In this brilliant and expansive book, David Abulafia offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself: its practical importance for transport and sustenance; its dynamic role in the rise and fall of empires; and the remarkable cast of characters-sailors, merchants, migrants, pirates, pilgrims-who have crossed and re-crossed it. Ranging from prehistory to the 21st century, The Great Sea is above all a history of human interaction. Interweaving major political and naval developments with the ebb and flow of trade, Abulafia explores how commercial competition in the Mediterranean created both rivalries and partnerships, with merchants acting as intermediaries between cultures, trading goods that were as exotic on one side of the sea as they were commonplace on the other. He stresses the remarkable ability of Mediterranean cultures to uphold the civilizing ideal of convivencia, "living together." Now available in paperback, The Great Sea is the definitive account of perhaps the most vibrant theater of human interaction in history.
