Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john b hattendorf

6 resultados

john b hattendorf Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • RECOVERING NAVAL POWER
    JOHN B. HATTENDORF
    This book offers a new edition of Henry Maydman’s work Naval Speculations with a detailed commentary by two leading experts on its importance to the naval issues of the 21st century. Written at a revolutionary and troubling time, Maydman’s 1691 book offers an analysis of the state of the Royal Navy at the time, together with a set of recommendations for its improvement. It not ...

    $1,240.00

  • A SEA OF WORDS
    DEAN KING / JOHN B. HATTENDORF
    A guide to the British Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Age for fans of the Aubrey–Maturin series: "A gem of a book" ( Minneapolis Star Tribune).   What is a sand-grouse, and where does it live? What are the medical properties of lignum vitae, and how did Stephen Maturin use it to repair his viola? Who is Admiral Lord Keith, and why is his wife so friendly with Captain Jack Aubrey?...

    $119.00

  • EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY
    DEAN KING / JOHN B. HATTENDORF
    Napoleonic-era accounts of life aboard Royal Navy warships: "Readers of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will enjoy this collection" ( Library Journal ).   At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the British Navy was the mightiest instrument of war the world had ever known. The Royal Navy patrolled the seas from India to the Caribbean, connecting an empire with footholds in ev...

    $164.00

  • HARBORS AND HIGH SEAS
    DEAN KING / JOHN B. HATTENDORF
    This companion for fans of the Napoleonic sea sagas offers maps of the novels' streets, seas, and coasts, and much more.   The tall-masted sailing ships of the early nineteenth century were the technological miracles of their day, allowing their crews to traverse the seas with greater speed than had ever been possible before. Novelist Patrick O'Brian captured the thrill of that...

    $119.00

  • A SEA OF WORDS
    DEAN KING / JOHN B. HATTENDORF
    A guide to the British Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Age for fans of the Aubrey–Maturin series: “A gem of a book” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).   What is a sand-grouse, and where does it live? What are the medical properties of lignum vitae, and how did Stephen Maturin use it to repair his viola? Who is Admiral Lord Keith, and why is his wife so friendly with Captain Jack Aubrey? ...

    $119.00

  • EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY
    DEAN KING / JOHN B. HATTENDORF
    Napoleonic-era accounts of life aboard Royal Navy warships: “Readers of Patrick O’Brian and C. S. Forester will enjoy this collection” (Library Journal).   At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the British Navy was the mightiest instrument of war the world had ever known. The Royal Navy patrolled the seas from India to the Caribbean, connecting an empire with footholds in ever...

    $149.00