Author: William JamesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
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The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by Trace in 1793, to the Accession of George IV
Author: William JamesThe Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV. [With Portraits.]
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Author: William James (Historical Writer.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV.
Author: William JamesPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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The Naval History of Great Britain from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV. New Ed
Author: William I JamesThe Naval History of Great Britain
Author: William JamesThe Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV
Author: William JamesPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385612071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.
The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV. in January 1820
Author: William I JamesThe Naval History of Great Britain
Author: William JamesPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Literary History of Canada
Author: Carl F. KlinckPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487590970
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 611
Book Description
Hailed as a landmark in Canadian literary scholarship when it was originally published in 1965, the Literary History of Canada is now being reissued, revised and enlarged, in three volumes. This major effort of a large group of scholars working in the field of English-language Canadian literature provides a comprehensive, up-to-date reference work. It has already proven itself invaluable as a source of information on authors, genres, and literary trends and influences. It represents a positive attempt to give a history of Canada in terms of writings which deserve attention because of significant thought, form, and use of language. Volume I comprises Parts I to III of the original edition, and covers the years from the beginning of Canadian literature in English to about 1920. The contributors to this volume are David Galloway, Victor G. Hopwood, Alfred G. Bailey, Fred Cogswell, James and Ruth Talman, Carl F. Klinck, Edith Gordon Roper, Rupert Schieder, S. Ross Beharriell, Brandon Conron, Elizabeth Waterston, Alec Lucas, John A. Irving, A.H. Johnson, A. Vibert Douglas, and Frank W. Watt.
Nelson's Surgeon
Author: Laurence BrocklissPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199287422
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
In the lead-up to the bicentenary of Trafalgar a number of important new studies have been published about the life of Nelson and his defeat of the Combined Fleet in 1805. Despite the significant role played by the health and fitness of the British crews in securing the victory, little has been written hitherto about the naval surgeon in the era of the long war against France. This book is intended to fill the gap. Sir William Beatty (1773-1842) was surgeon of the Victory atTrafalgar. An Ulsterman from Londonderry, he had joined the navy in 1791. Before being warranted to Nelson's flagship, Beatty had served upon ten other warships, and survived a yellow fever epidemic, court martial, and shipwreck to share in the capture of a Spanish treasure ship. After Trafalgar, hebecame Physician of the Channel Fleet, based at Plymouth, and eventually Physician to Greenwich Hospital, where he served until his retirement in 1838. As the book makes clear in drawing upon an extensive prosopographical database, Beatty's career until 1805 was representative of the experience of the approximately 2,000 naval surgeons who joined the navy in the course of the war.The first part of the biography provides a detailed and scholarly introduction to the professional education, training, and work of the naval surgeon. But after 1805 Beatty became a member of the service elite, and his career becomes interesting for other reasons. In the final decades of his life, Beatty was far more than a senior naval physician. As a Fellow of the Royal Society, director of the Clerical and Medical Insurance Company, and director of the London to Greenwich Railway, he wasa prominent figure in London's business and scientific community, who used his growing wealth to build a large collection of books and manuscripts. His later life is testimony to the much wider contribution that some naval and army medical officers made to the development of the new Britain of thenineteenth century. In Beatty's case, too, the contribution was original. By publishing in 1807 his carefully crafted Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson, he was instrumental in forging the myth of the hero's last hours, which has become a part of the national consciousness and has helped to define for generations the concept of Britishness.