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Hell upon water : prisoners of war in Britain, 1793-1815 /by Paul Chamberlain. Chamberlain, Paul. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.257.72"1793/1815"

The age of Napoleon : a history of European civilization from 1789 to 1815 Durant, Will 1975 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.27

Steam, steel and shellfire : the steam warship 1815-1905 1992 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 621.1

Finance, trade, and politics in British foreign policy 1815-1914 Platt, D C M 1968 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 382(42)"18/19"

Personal narrative of events from 1799 to 1815, with anecdotes Lovell, William Stanhope, 1879 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Lovell(093.32)

Merchant sailing ships, 1775-1815 : sovereignty of sail /David R. MacGregor. MacGregor, David R.-(David Roy) 1985. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.123.13

Far distant ships : the blockade of Brest 1793-1815 /Quintin Barry "Throughout the long drawn out war at sea during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, it was a cardinal principle of British naval strategy to blockade the port of Brest, the largest and most important of the French naval bases that threatened the security of the British Isles. It was a strategy that had been perfected by Sir Edward Hawke during the Seven Years War of 1756 - 1763, when it culminated in the stunning victory of Quiberon Bay. The American naval historian A.T. Mahan memorably summed up the contribution of the Royal Navy to the ultimate defeat of Napoleon when he wrote: 'Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the domination of the world.' There were many aspects to the blockade of Brest, but always at its centre was the need to frustrate French attempts at the invasion of Britain or Ireland. Most famous of these, of course, was Napoleon's intricate combination that led to the campaign of Trafalgar, in the course of which his invasion plans disintegrated. But there were many other offensive moves which it was the blockading fleet's duty to prevent. Inevitably, there were great sea battles when the French ventured out, though fewer than might have been expected. For many months at a time the British fleet was at sea off Brest facing the considerable dangers of wind and weather without encountering its adversary. There were many remarkable leaders who came to the fore during the long years of war; Howe, Bridport, St Vincent, Cornwallis and Keith were among those who led the Channel Fleet. Nelson described his captains as a 'band of brothers', but this was by no means a description that could be applied to the quarrelsome, self willed and argumentative group of men who held the destiny of the Royal Navy in their hands, whether at sea or around the boardroom table at the Admiralty. Drawing on the official and personal correspondence of those involved, this book traces the development of British naval strategy, as well as describing the crucial encounters between the rival fleets and the single ship actions which provided the press with a constant flow of news stories for its readers."--Provided by the publisher. 2017 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.463.3(42:44)"1793/1815"

The Royal Navy 1815-1915 : the Rede Lecture 1918 Milford Haven, Marquess of 1918 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.353(42)"1815/1915"

Medicine and magnificence : British hospital and asylum architecture, 1660-1815 Stevenson, Christine 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 725.51"1660/1715"

Representing the Royal Navy : British sea power, 1750-1815 / Margarette Lincoln. Lincoln, Margarette 2002. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1750/1815(42)

'Naval engagements' : patriotism, cultural politics, and the Royal Navy, 1793-1815 Jenks, Timothy David 2001 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49(42)(043.2):942.07

The Lion and the union : the Anglo-American war 1812-1815 Caffrey, Kate 1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1812/1815"(73)

Britain's naval route to greatness 1688-1815 / Jeremy Black. "The key importance of naval success in Britain's rise to being the leading power in the world was a hard-won process, one that linked fighting effectiveness to national support. Covering both these elements, Jeremy Black takes us from the successful Dutch invasion of 1688 to the long sequence of British successes in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Here we have battles and dockyards, the details of naval combat and the finer points of political support for building and sustaining the largest navy in the world. Thanks to the navy, Britain survived as an independent state and moulded the world."--Provided by the publisher 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 359.0094109033

A short history of the royal navy, 1217-1815 / by David Hannay. Hannay, David, 1898-1909. • BOOK • 6 copies available. 355.49(42)

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