Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era

This book provides summaries and analyses of more than 250 novels and nearly 30 films and examines the extent to which they accurately reflect the history, mores and manners of the period--and the extent to which they reveal the ideas and attitudes of their authors and of the periods in which they were written. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature and importance of the war at sea for the British and on the role of famous naval officers such as Nelson, Pellew, Duncan, Smith and Cochrane in the defeat of Napoleon.

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Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era

This book provides summaries and analyses of more than 250 novels and nearly 30 films and examines the extent to which they accurately reflect the history, mores and manners of the period--and the extent to which they reveal the ideas and attitudes of their authors and of the periods in which they were written. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature and importance of the war at sea for the British and on the role of famous naval officers such as Nelson, Pellew, Duncan, Smith and Cochrane in the defeat of Napoleon.

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Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era

Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era

by Sue Parrill
Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era

Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film: Depictions of British Sea Power in the Napoleonic Era

by Sue Parrill

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This book provides summaries and analyses of more than 250 novels and nearly 30 films and examines the extent to which they accurately reflect the history, mores and manners of the period--and the extent to which they reveal the ideas and attitudes of their authors and of the periods in which they were written. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature and importance of the war at sea for the British and on the role of famous naval officers such as Nelson, Pellew, Duncan, Smith and Cochrane in the defeat of Napoleon.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786438556
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 09/14/2009
Pages: 335
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Sue Parrill is professor emeritus and former head of the Department of English at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments      viii
Preface     
Introduction: “To Glory We Steer”: Nelson’s Navy in Fiction and Film     
Chronology     

Part I: The Novels     
Part II: The Films     

Glossary     
Bibliography     
Index     
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