Rigidly organised and harshly disciplined, the Georgian Royal Navy was an orderly and efficient fighting force which played a major role in Great Britain's wars of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Jane Austen's brothers Frank and Charles both served in the Navy and Jane took a keen interest in their careers.
This concise book explores what it was like to be a sailor in the Georgian Navy – focusing on the period from 1714 to 1820, it examines the Navy within its wider historical, national, organisational and military context, and reveals exactly what it took to survive a life in its service.
Full of fascinating facts!
Hardback
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