Nelsons Officers And Midshipmen

IMMORTALIZED IN LITERATURE THROUGH SUCH CHARACTERS AS C. S. FORESTER`S `HORATIO HORNBLOWER` AND PATRICK O`BRIAN`S `JACK AUBREY,` THE OFFICERS AND MIDSHIPMEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS RAN THE SHIPS THAT DEFENDED GREAT BRITAIN AGAINST THE THREAT OF FRENCH INVASION. THIS TITLE, THE COMPANION VOLUME TO NELSON`S SAILORS, DESCRIBES THE HARSH REALITIES OF LIFE IN THE GEORGIAN ROYAL NAVY FOR ALL RANKS OF OFFICER.