The Seafarers: Fighting Sail
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Author: A.B.C. Whipple
Binding: Hardback
Published: Time-Life Books, 1979
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A commanding volume in the maritime history genre, Fighting Sail presents the ascendancy of the British Royal Navy during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, culminating in the decisive Battle of Trafalgar. Whipple illustrates the strategic dominance of ships-of-the-line and the evolution of naval warfare through richly detailed accounts and vivid period illustrations. The book chronicles the careers of pivotal figures such as Admiral Horatio Nelson, whose tactical brilliance and personal charisma shaped the era’s naval legacy. It situates the Royal Navy not merely as a military force but as a symbol of national identity and imperial ambition.
Author: A.B.C. Whipple
Binding: Hardback
Published: Time-Life Books, 1979
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A commanding volume in the maritime history genre, Fighting Sail presents the ascendancy of the British Royal Navy during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, culminating in the decisive Battle of Trafalgar. Whipple illustrates the strategic dominance of ships-of-the-line and the evolution of naval warfare through richly detailed accounts and vivid period illustrations. The book chronicles the careers of pivotal figures such as Admiral Horatio Nelson, whose tactical brilliance and personal charisma shaped the era’s naval legacy. It situates the Royal Navy not merely as a military force but as a symbol of national identity and imperial ambition.