Brian Lavery

Prequel to the author's 40,000-copy bestseller Nelson's Navy Meer

First published in 1998, this volume explores the Royal Navy which had most of its greatest triumphs in the decades up to 1815, but has received relatively little study of its social life and shipboard administration, beyond popular myth and sensational accounts. Meer

The perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet. Meer

Faithfully reproduced, with a short introduction by Brian Lavery, A Seaman's Pocket-Book provides a real mixture of wartime nostalgia and historical authenticity. Meer