Portsmouth Point bookcover

Portsmouth Point

The British Navy in Fiction, 1793-1815
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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

PublisherMcBooks Press
Publish DateApril 02, 2024
Pages168
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781590138069
Dimensions7.8 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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