A01=Brian Vale
Author_Brian Vale
Category=JWCK
Category=NHTM
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Product details
- ISBN 9781860646546
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jun 2001
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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What was life really like on a wooden warship? This book takes a look at life aboard the 42-gun frigate HMS "Doris" - launched from Bombay in 1807 and finally retired at Valparaiso in 1829. Vale concentrates on her service on the South American station under Sir Thomas Hardy as she protected British interests during the stormy years of South American Independence. The author covers in vivid detail the operations in Brazil, Chile and Peru, both from the political and military angle and from the perspective of the sailors, to give a fascinating account of the everyday concerns and routines of life on shipboard.
Brian Vale is the author of Independence or Death and A War Betwixt Englishmen (both I.B.Tauris).
