Men-of-War: Life in Nelson’s Navy
by Patrick O’Brian.
W. W. Norton, 95 pages.
ISBN 0393326608 (paperback - reviewed - perhaps out of print),
0393038580 (hardcover)
Patrick O’Brian brings to us a short (only 95 pages) account of the British Navy c1800, the time of the great Lord Nelson.
It was a hard time to be a sailor. O’Brian points out that [...]