Full name: The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy

Author: N. A. M. Rodger Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780393314694 0393314693

Meticulously researched, Rodger's portrait draws the reader into this fascinatingly complex world with vivid, entertaining characters and full details of life below the decks. The Wooden World provides the most complete history of a navy at any age, and is sure to be an indispensable volume for all fans of Patrick O'Brian, English history, and naval history. Similar books: The Command of the Ocean by N. A. M. Rodger British Sea Power by David Howarth To Rule the Waves by Arthur Herman The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery by Paul Kennedy The Safeguard of the Sea by N. A. M. Rodger 1759 by Frank McLynn Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837 by Linda Colley A History of Britain: The Wars of the British: 1603-1776 by Simon Schama Seize the Fire by Adam Nicolson The Prize of All the Oceans by Glyn Williams The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy by David Cannadine A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire: 1776-2001 by Simon Schama The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon Never Had It So Good by Dominic Sandbrook Trafalgar by Roy Adkins