HMS Victory Pocket Manual 1805: Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar As Victory was engaged in battle during only two percent of her active service, Peter Goodwin also provides a glimpse into life and work at sea during the other ninety-eight per cent of the time. As
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| Title | : | HMS Victory Pocket Manual 1805: Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar |
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (985 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1844862607 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-15 |
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This new addition to the bestselling pocket book series features Admiral Nelson's fully preserved flagship HMS Victory, the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy's greatest battle off Cape Trafalgar on October 21st 1805.In the HMS Victory Pocket Manual, Peter Goodwin adopts a fresh approach to explain the workings of the only surviving "line of battle" ship of the Napoleonic Wars. As Victory was engaged in battle during only two percent of her active service, Peter Goodwin also provides a glimpse into life and work at sea during the other ninety-eight per cent of the time. As technical and historical advisor to the ship in Portsmouth for over twenty years, he is in a unique position to investigate and interpret not only the ship's structure but also the essential aspects of shipboard life: victualing, organization, discipline, domestic arrangements, and medical care.In his role as keeper and curator of the ship, the author was asked thousands of questions by visit
Editorial : About the Author Peter Goodwin is widely acknowledged as one of the leading writers on the sailing warship. His published titles include the classic The Construction and Fitting of the Sailing Man of War, The Naval Cutter Alert, Nelson's Ships, and The Ships of Trafalgar. Peter was Keeper and Curator of HMS Victory for close to two decades.
He has long lingered in the shadow of his famous father and it is somewhat surprising to discover that he had some fine qualities. I help make school a little more palatable, a little more fun, as students are trained to do their part in the ongoing destruction of the planet, as they enter the final phases of trading away their birthright as the free and happy humans they were born to be for their roles as cogs in the giant industrial machine, or worse, as overseers of the giant factory/enslavement camp we once recognized as a living earth. Boy was I wrong.
Not only is this book extremely well written, I learned a lot about the participants that I didn't know, although I've known many of them for years. Many years ago after directly being involved with what may have been a rather sacred benediction, i handed K a little note that mentioned a physical change with my body, when "it" occurred, that is not mentioned (as far as i know) in any of K's books not even in K's Notebook;
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