
Description
Originally published in 1949, Portsmouth Point is a captivating look into the British naval experience during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Parkinson, a naval historian, uses excerpts from the writings of real Age of Sail officers, midshipmen, and crew to create a semi-fictitious collection of naval stories covering all aspects of life aboard England's "wooden walls."
Product Details
Publisher | McBooks Press |
Publish Date | April 02, 2024 |
Pages | 168 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781590138069 |
Dimensions | 7.8 X 5.1 X 0.4 inches | 0.4 pounds |
About the Author
Cyril Northcote Parkinson pursued a distinguished academic career on both sides of the Atlantic and first became famous for "Parkinson's law" that work expands to fill the time allotted to it. Parkinson wrote many books on British politics and economics. His first fictional effort, a "biography" of Horatio Hornblower, met with considerable acclaim and led to the Richard Delancey series. C. Northcote Parkinson died in 1993.
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