Overturns the generally held view that the press gang was the main means of recruiting seamen by the British navy in the late eighteenth century. SHORTLISTED fo
Overturns the generally held view that the press gang was the main means of recruiting seamen by the British navy in the late eighteenth century. SHORTLISTED fo
"Even as press-gangs roamed the London streets, eighteenth-century writers applauded, critiqued, and condemned the practice Pepys called "a great tyranny" - the
An important book, presenting the latest insights by the leading world authorities on naval history. This book presents a wide range of new research on many asp
This volume brings together a diverse selection of the latest academic research in the field of naval history. No longer confined to analyses of ships and battl