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  Steering to Glory: A Day in the Life of a Ship of the Line

  by Nicholas Blake

  In the summer of 1805 the Mediterranean Fleet made a 6,686-mile round trip to the West Indies: the Franco-Spanish fleet it was chasing buried a thousand men at Martinique, but Nelson reported his fleet in the most perfect health, except some symptoms of scurvy, with no death from sickness. This was the standard set by the Royal Navy that was maintained until Napoleon was finally defeated, and not surpassed until... (more)
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  Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain

  by Robert Harvey

  The life and exploits of the daring seaman Thomas Cochrane, who rose from midshipman to admiral and was called "the sea wolf" by Napoleon, are so extraordinary that his life reads like a compelling work of fiction. In one sense it became so, for the novelist Patrick O'Brian took Cochrane's exploits and used them as the basis for Jack Aubrey, the main protagonist of naval novels set during the Napoleonic War. His... (more)
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  A Social History of the Navy 1793-1815

  by Michael Lewis

  This finely researched book is a portrait of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars; in particular, a portrait of the Navy's people, of the officers and men who formed that formidable fighting force made popular by the novels of C. S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian. Covering parentage and social background, the author follows his subjects from the cradle to the grave, describing how men came to go to sea and... (more)