Royal Naval Biography 12 Volume Set
Royal Naval Biography 12 Volume Set
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GBPJohn Marshall (c.1784–1837) was a naval officer and biographer. He first went to sea at the age of nine, and by the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 had reached the rank of lieutenant. After the war, he started to research the lives of contemporary high-ranking naval officers, some of whose service reached as far back as 1760. These volumes, first published between 1823 and 1830, contain the results of this monumental research, and demonstrate the new 'cult' of the navy in the early nineteenth century. Some of the biographies were contributed by the officers themselves, with others containing private or official letters and other records. Organised according to seniority in rank, these volumes contain a wealth of fascinating information on the careers of naval officers and the battles in which they took part.
Product details
November 2010Multiple copy pack
9781108022767
5734 pages
482 × 356 × 191 mm
9kg
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface
- 1. Admirals of the Fleet
- 2. Admirals of the Red
- 3. Admirals of the White
- 4. Admirals of the Blue
- 5. Vice-admirals of the Blue
- 6. Vice-admirals of the White
- 7. Vice-admirals of the White continued
- 8. Vice-admirals of the Blue
- 9. Rear-admirals of the Red
- 10. Rear-admirals of the White
- 11. Rear-admirals of the Blue
- Addenda. Volume 2:
- 1. Superannuated rear-admirals
- 2. Retired captains
- 3. Post-captains of 1798–1802
- 4. Post-captains of 1802–1806. Volume 3:
- 1. Post-captains of 1822–1824
- 2. Captains of 1824–1827
- 3. Naval operations in Ava, during the Burmese War
- 4. Captains of 1827–1830
- 5. Addenda to captains
- 6. Commanders. Volume 4. 1. Commanders continued
- 2. Addenda to post-captains
- 3. Commanders continued
- 4. Addenda to captains. Supplement:
- 1. Post-captains of 1806–1808
- 2. Post-captains of 1809–1811
- Addenda
- 3. Post-captains of 1812–1814
- 4. Post-captains of 1815–1822
- Addenda.
