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General Information
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Title: Broadsides: The Age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1815
Author: Nathan Miller
Read By: David Rapkin
Copyright: 2000
Audiobook Copyright: 2014
Genre: Non-Fiction - History - Military
Publisher: Audible
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: Digital
Length each: Chapterized - lossless
Source: Audible Enhanced
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Number of MP3s: 25
Total Duration: 15:28:36
Total MP3 Size: 426.58
Parity Archive: No
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Book Description
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Publisher's Summary
In the late 18th century, it was widely thought that to be a sailor
was little better than to be a slave. "No man will be a sailor," wrote
Samuel Johnson, "who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail.
A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."-
If that were true, historian Nathan Miller suggests, then the record
of sailing in the age of tall ships would likely be distinguished by
few heroes and fewer grand narratives. He counters that in the regular
navies of England, the fledgling United States, and most other nations,
brutal captains and thuggish crewmen were rare, and professionalism
was the order of the day. It was their high standard of service that
made those naval forces such powerful, even indispensable arms of the
land-based military. Miller's great hero throughout this fine history
is Horatio Nelson, whose valor was exemplary throughout countless battles
around the world. But he writes with equal admiration of lesser-known
figures, such as Lambert Wickes, Pierre de Villeneuve, Juan de Cordova,
and "Foul Weather Jack" Byron, who served their nations and fellow sailors
well, and often heroically.
Download the accompanying reference guide.
What the Critics Say
"Pace the pitching black deck with a sleepless Admiral Nelson the night
before battle bestows eternal rest and peerless immortality upon him;
envision with Mahan the storm-tossed and ever-watchful ships-of-the-line
that kept England secure from invasion; wonder in awe at Collingwood's
dedication in working himself to death after Trafalgar elevated him
to primary responsibility for England's imperial safety in the Mediterranean.
All of this and more awaits the reader who will sail through these pages,
every one of which is etched with the indelible expertise and boundless
enthusiasm of Nathan Miller, master of naval history." (Kenneth J. Hagan,
Professor of History and Museum Director Emeritus, U.S. Naval Academy,
Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War College)
"This is not just inspired naval history--the personal lives of the
seafarers themselves, from cabin boy to admiral, are given generous
treatment." (The Times (London)
"A wealth of detail...Descriptions of dreadful living conditions aboard
cramped wooden vessels give way to bloody decks after close combat....A
solid introduction to a turbulent era at sea." (Publishers Weekly)
"[As] a companion to the popular nautical novels of C. S. Forester and
Patrick O'Brian--it succeeds brilliantly." (Daily Telegraph [London])-
"The descriptions of the great sea commanders and their battles display
all the craft of the gifted writer....Read Broadsides for enjoyment
as a well-informed, action-packed naval narrative." (The Christ Church
Press
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