Author: HENDERSON, JAMES
Title: The Frigates - an Account of the Lighter Warships of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
Description: London, Leo Cooper. 1994. (ISBN: 0850524326). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Yelf, Ernest E. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. First published in 1970, the book tells the story of the frigates of 1793-1815, which has rarely been told as a continuous narrative. The author presents an outstanding work of naval history, which will appeal to the general reader as well as historians, and is based on painstaking research. He also brings to life the contemporary social, political and naval scene and his descriptions of frigate and naval technicalities are so lucid, enabling the reader to assess such famous encounters as that between the HMS Shannon and the USS Chesapeake. 16 plates and maps and diagrams. NOT EX LIB C3A. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Frigates, Naval History, Hms Shannon, Uss Chesapeake 0850524326 Yelf, Ernest E.


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