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James Gillray : a revolution in satire /Tim Clayton. "James Gillray (1756-1815) was late Georgian Britain's funniest, most inventive, and most celebrated graphic satirist and continues to influence cartoonists today. His exceptional drawing, matched by his flair for clever dialogue and amusing titles, won him unprecedented fame; his sophisticated designs often parodied artists such as William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, and Henry Fuseli, while he borrowed and wittily redeployed celebrated passages from William Shakespeare and John Milton to send up politicians in an age - as now - where society was fast changing, anxieties abounded, truth was sometimes scarce, and public opinion mattered. Tim Clayton's definitive biography explores Gillray's life and work through his friends, publishers - the most important being women - and collaborators, aiming to identify those involved in inventing satirical prints and the people who bought them. Clayton thoughtfully explores the tensions between artistic independence, financial necessity, and the conflicting demands of patrons and self-appointed censors in a time of political and social turmoil."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 741.5/942
Pressganged : the letters of George Price of Southwark alias "George Green" : ordinary seamen in HM sloop Speedy 1803-1805 /[commentary David Ellison]. This book provides a history of the practice of 'pressganging' in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars, based on the account of George Price, a sailor pressed into service in 1803. The book quotes letters sent by Price to his brother while serving in HMS Speedy, and other contemporary accounts including news reports, ships' logs, and court reports, to provide a detailed picture of how pressing was used in the conflict, and the daily lives of affected sailors. Includes black and white illustrations throughout. 1994. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92PRICE
Military power and the Dutch Republic : war, trade and the balance of power in Europe, 1648-1813 /Marc van Alphen, Jan Hoffenaar, Alan Lemmers, Christiaan van der Spek ; translated by Paul Arblaster & Lee Preedy. "In 1667, the year of the Raid on the Medway, the Dutch Republic was at the pinnacle of its might and fame. A century and a half later little of this glory remained and Napoleon wiped the country off the political map. This book provides a military explanation for the 'miracle' of the seventeenth century and the demise that ensued. How were the army and navy in the Dutch Republic organised and financed? What tactics were employed and how did military leaders operate? Where did the Republic's troops come from and how was society involved? How did the tens of thousands of anonymous sailors and soldiers live, and how were they regarded by civilians?"-- [2021] • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.00949209/03
The navy that beat Napoleon Brownlee, Walter 1980 • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 355.353(42)"17/18"
Master and commander O'Brian, Patrick, 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
Treason's harbour O'Brian, Patrick, 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
The nutmeg of consolation O'Brian, Patrick, 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
Ramage and the freebooters Pope, Dudley 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3
His Majesty's late ship the Invincible third rate 74 guns 1765-1801 : the wreck off Happisburgh, Norfolk, 16th March, sank 17th March 1801 Hayes, Derek R 1985 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 623.82Invincible
Beware of heroes : Admiral Sir Sidney Smith's war against Napoleon Shankland, Peter 1975 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.49"1793/1815"
The battle of Trafalgar / Martin Robson. Robson, Martin. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
The yellow admiral O'Brian, Patrick, 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
The thirteen-gun salute O'Brian, Patrick, 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
The Mauritius command O'Brian, Patrick, 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
British warships in the age of sail, 1793-1817 : design, construction, careers and fates /Rif Winfield. Winfield, Rif. 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"1793/1817"
English literature and the Great War with France : an anthology and commentary Harvey, A D 1981 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-3.6
French warship crews 1792-1805 : from the French Revolution to Trafalgar /Terry Crowdy. Crowdy, Terry 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82(44)"1789/1805"
The Royal Navy in the River Plate, 1806-1807 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1806/1807"(42:82)
Send it by semaphore : the old telegraphs during the wars with France /Howard Mallinson. Mallinson, Howard. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.72"1793/1815"
Cumby of the Bellerophon : a hero of Trafalgar Jackson, Hilary W 1997? • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.49"1805"(42:44)
The far side of the world O'Brian, Patrick, 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
Sharpe's siege : Richard Sharpe and the Winter Campaign, 1814 /Bernard Cornwell. Cornwell, Bernard. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-3
From trafalgar to the Chesapeake: adventures of an Officer in Nelson's Navy. Lovell, W 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124(42)"17/18"
An observer of observatories : the journal of Thomas Bugge's tour of Germany, Holland and England in 1777 /edited by Kurt Moller Pedersen and Peter de Clercq. "In 1777, the Danish astronomer Thomas Bugge (1740-1815) was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Copenhagen. He travelled through Germany to Holland and England to learn more about the state of astronomy and instrument-making in these countries. During his tour he kept a journal in which he noted what he saw, whom he met and which books and instruments he bought."--Back cover. 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 520.1(43+492+42)"1777"